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Standard & Poor’s is best known for stock market indices such as the US-based S&P 500 and for its credit ratings, competing against Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings. Rating agencies came under fire for issuing top ratings to pools of mortgages which included subprime loans and in February 2013, the US Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against S&P, seeking US$5 billion in civil damages.
- Asia-Pacific faces an environment ‘at least as challenging as the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis for borrowers,’ says S&P Global Ratings
- Asian banks wrestle with moral hazard of doling out capital to zombie companies
Credit agency predicts spending will continue to rise as city addresses underlying issues, including increasing societal divisions.
Credit agency predicts spending will continue to rise as city addresses underlying issues, including increasing societal divisions.
Operational costs and risks are likely to stay elevated as protests continue, S&P says, with companies such as MTR Corporation and the Airport Authority Hong Kong at most immediate risk
Operational costs and risks are likely to stay elevated as protests continue, S&P says, with companies such as MTR Corporation and the Airport Authority Hong Kong at most immediate risk
S&P Global Ratings is the first foreign credit-rating company to rate domestic Chinese bonds after awarding its top score to a unit of the country’s largest bank.
S&P Global Ratings is the first foreign credit-rating company to rate domestic Chinese bonds after awarding its top score to a unit of the country’s largest bank.
The rebound in US stocks on Monday ‘leads me to think that while the markets are saying this isn’t much fun, this is still likely to blow over’, an analyst says.
The rebound in US stocks on Monday ‘leads me to think that while the markets are saying this isn’t much fun, this is still likely to blow over’, an analyst says.
All three major credit rating agencies have now downgraded the island nation’s status, amid concerns it will be unable to refinance its debts
All three major credit rating agencies have now downgraded the island nation’s status, amid concerns it will be unable to refinance its debts
Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has placed Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, Southeast Asia's second-largest lender, on negative watch, citing higher potential exposure to China, after the bank announced a HK$38.4 billion takeover of Hong Kong's Wing Hang Bank.
Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has placed Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, Southeast Asia's second-largest lender, on negative watch, citing higher potential exposure to China, after the bank announced a HK$38.4 billion takeover of Hong Kong's Wing Hang Bank.