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Moody's is continuing its review for possible downgrade initiated in late June, of the 'Baa3' and 'Ba1' senior and subordinated credit ratings assigned to the Goodman Group. Moody's note followed Good.. read more

Moody's has expanded its study on the impact of LMI downgrades on prime RMBS, the results of which were published in mid-June. Again Moody's considers the impact of downgrades to QBE Lenders' Mortgage.. read more

S&P affirmed its 'AA-/A-1+' counterparty credit ratings on Barclays Bank Plc following the announcement of the bank's substantial increase in first-half profit. Nevertheless, the outlook on the ra.. read more

Australian banks raised almost A$6.0 billion in international debt markets last week, most of it in the US s144A market and none of it guaranteed by the Commonwealth government. It has been a long tim.. read more

We're probably stretching a theme a little too far here but across the Tasman July 2009 finished with the third largest monthly issuance volumes, according to our records, at almost NZ$1.9 billion. Th.. read more

Activity was relatively quiet in the domestic market but was sufficient to take total issuance for July 2009 to almost A$13.6 billion - the largest monthly total yet. Until now March 2006 had seen the.. read more

There is another theme emerging here, apart from breaking records: conditions have significantly improved in financial markets. There is no need to mention the very strong run by equity markets over t.. read more

Moody's Investor Service has updated its outlook for the collateral underlying Australian asset-backed securities. The outlook remains negative, unchanged from when Moody's last gave its opinion in Ja.. read more

Now, if contracting credit spreads and rebounding investor demand are not enough to persuade corporate treasurers and chief financial officers that the corporate bond market offers a viable debt fundi.. read more

Fitch Ratings has assigned New Zealand's Hamilton City Council a 'AA-' long-term rating with a stable outlook. read more