Ratings Agencies

• Ian Rogers

Falling into line with the credit assessments of it rivals, Fitch Ratings yesterday upgraded the long-term credit ratings of Australia’s four major banks to AA- from A+. read more

• Ian Rogers

The application of Moody’s revised Advanced Loss Given Failure analysis to certain Australian banks yesterday has led to a shake-up of credit ratings for four banks, including two downgrades for regio.. read more

• Ian Rogers

The outer northern suburbs of Melbourne are emerging as arrears hot spots. read more

• John Kavanagh

Bendigo Bank has been rated the most trusted agribusiness bank, in a Roy Morgan survey of Australian farmers. read more

• John Kavanagh

Home loans at least 30 days in arrears rose from 1.25 per cent in the March quarter to 1.38 per cent in the June quarter, Moody’s Investors Service reported. read more

• John Kavanagh

Moody’s Investors Service has reviewed the financial reports released by “rated” Australian corporates over the past month and found that their results were “generally supportive” of their credit prof.. read more

• Ian Rogers

The banking landscape “will settle with a small number of larger mutual players”, S&P Global said in a forthright assessment of this sector. read more

• John Kavanagh

Moody’s Investors Service has released its latest credit trends report for Asia Pacific, saying the ratings outlook for non-financial corporates in the region and Australia is stable. read more

• John Kavanagh

The level of banks’ non-performing loans and credit losses will peak in the first half of next year at a relatively modest level, according to S&P Global Ratings. read more

• John Kavanagh

Fitch’s latest Dinkum RMBS Index shows 30-day arrears in Australian prime RMBS portfolios rising by 16 basis points to 98 bps in the March quarter, and 90-day arrears rising 8 bps to 46 bps. read more

• Ian Rogers

Monetary tightening is well and truly being felt in the largely self-employed outer urban fringe of the big cities. read more

• Ian Rogers

S&P is forecasting that the earnings of Australian banks are likely to peak this year, then trend downwards. read more

• Ian Rogers

Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Macquarie’s ratings. read more

• John Kavanagh

Fitch Ratings has started work on incorporating data on the energy efficiency of residential properties in its ratings criteria for mortgage securities and covered bond transactions. read more

• Ian Rogers

CBA’s arrears data is out of date and misleading – “disconnected” in the words of CEO Matt Comyn. read more

• Banking Day staff

The Reserve Bank has appointed David Jacobs as head of domestic markets, following the resignation of Jonathan Kearns late last year. read more

• John Kavanagh

Corporate credit ratings in Australia and New Zealand have improved over the past 12 months and the outlook for the December is stable, Moody’s reported. read more

• Banking Day staff

Fitch Ratings upgraded the long-term ratings of Macquarie Group to A from A- and also affirmed the long-term ratings of Macquarie Bank at A. read more

• Ian Rogers

Kiwibank will have a more efficient capital structure and, probably, a more supportive – single – shareholder, with the New Zealand government announcing that, subject to regulatory approvals, it has.. read more

• John Kavanagh

A change to the Reserve’s Bank approach to inflation targeting is an unlikely outcome of the RBA review, despite calls for a change, Moody’s Analytics said in a commentary on the upcoming review. read more