2 April 2010
RATINGS agency Fitch has upgraded Westpac's long-term credit rating to AA from AA-, given the improving outlook for the Australian banking sector as bad debts fall... read full story
4 March 2010
THE lingering effects of the federal government's soon-to-disappear bank funding guarantee will cost the Bank of Queensland $30 million a year in pre-tax profits and hamper its competitive position for another four years, its managing director, David Liddy, said yesterday... read full story
17 February 2010
TELSTRA has opted to repay investors $500 million in the next few weeks rather than roll over a 10-year bond issue as uncertainty surrounds its long-term future... read full story
26 November 2009
RATINGS agency Standard & Poor's has moved to calm concerns over the balance sheet strength of Australia's banks following an overhaul in the way it measures risk and capital... read full story
17 October 2009
SUNCORP-METWAY has called on the Rudd Government to retain the wholesale funding guarantee into the new year, warning it is too early to cut the program as global credit markets remain fragile... read full story
29 July 2009
ANALYSTS fear National Australia Bank could be forced to tip more capital into its Clydesdale Bank in Britain after the subsidiary lost its long cherished AA- credit rating because of a souring outlook for the British banking market... read full story
15 November 2008
THIS week the crunch finally came for credit rating agencies - those indispensable yet fallible institutions pilloried worldwide for their role in the subprime crisis... read full story
13 October 2008
THE NSW Treasurer has warned of higher taxes and falling corporate investment if the state loses its AAA credit rating, but business chiefs said strategic spending on transport and infrastructure was more important... read full story
30 September 2008
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16 September 2008
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