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SFAT affirms SFC decision to reprimand and fine Moody’s over Red Flags Report
April 6th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Moody’s Investors Service Hong Kong Limited (Moody’s) and fined it $11 million for various failures relating to its preparation and publication of the special comment report entitled “Red Flags for Emerging-Market ...
ESMA approves Moody’s Investors Service EMEA Limited as a credit rating agency
November 24th, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has approved the registration of Moody’s Investors Service EMEA Limited, based in the UK, as a credit rating agency (CRA) under Article 16 of the CRA Regulation. The registration takes effect from 24th November ...
Russia Rating Cut by Moody’s on Sluggish Economic Growth
October 20th, 2014
Russia’s credit rating was cut to the second-lowest investment grade by Moody’s Investors Service, which cited sluggish growth prospects and an erosion of the country’s reserves amid sanctions over Ukraine. Moody’s downgraded the sovereign one level to Baa2 from ...
Moody’s: Middle East investment grade companies face $91 billion in refinancing needs
July 23rd, 2014
According to Moody’s Investors Service, Middle East investment grade companies face refinancing needs of about $91 billion from bank and bond debt due to mature over the next four years. This accounts for approximately eight per cent of total ...
An unexpected systemic crisis is for sure
August 18th, 2020
Downturns in bank credit expansion always lead to systemic problems. We are on the edge of such a downturn, which thanks to everyone’s focus on the coronavirus, is unexpected. We can now identify 23 March as the date ...
The dollar rises against major currencies and riskier emerging markets
March 30th, 2020
The dollar snapped a week of declines on Monday, rising against major currencies and riskier emerging markets as investors braced for a prolonged period of uncertainty while governments tightened lockdowns to fight the coronavirus. China’s offshore yuan fell after ...
As US piles on sanctions, foreign investors pour more money into Russia
February 14th, 2019
Russian companies’ stocks attracted the most foreign investment in 5 years, adding nearly $576 million in January, the Central Bank of Russia reported. Investors also actively poured money into Russian bonds despite US sanctions. The ruble-based Moscow stock exchange ...
Italy Calls Europe’s Bluff — And The Euro Loses Either Way
October 4th, 2018
When Italy elected a bunch of rowdy populists back in March, the rest of the eurozone assumed (or at least hoped) that the weight of responsibility would bring Rome back into line. But so far the Italians appear to ...
Moody’s credit ratings agency to pay $16.25 million in penalties to settle charges
August 29th, 2018
The U.S Regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), announced that Moody’s Investors Service Inc., one of the nation’s largest credit ratings agencies, has agreed to pay a total of $16.25 million in penalties to settle charges involving internal control ...
British pound was little changed, Singapore dollar pared gains, Asian stocks up
April 13th, 2018
Asian stocks built on this week’s advance after signs that trade tensions are easing boosted risk appetite. The dollar steadied and Treasury yields pared gains. Equities from Sydney to Tokyo advanced though were off the day’s highs, while a ...
