AMS on the nose with S&P
Standard & Poor's yesterday said it revised its outlook on the firm's servicer ranking on Australian Mortgage Securities to negative from stable. S&P has a "strong" ranking on AMS, a subsidiary of GE Money.S&P said the negative outlook on the servicer ranking reflects weaknesses in specific areas of AMS' arrears management framework, disaster-recovery planning, and operational risk management. The ratings agency went on to say that it believed "the weaknesses may negatively affect AMS' servicing operations in the short term."S&P said it will review the ranking in the last quarter.