Tag: Standard & Poor's

• Thursday, September 5th 2013 - 02:13 UTC

  S&P claims lawsuit is US government ‘retaliation’ for downgrading credit rating

  

  Ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has claimed the lawsuit filed against it by the US Justice Department was “retaliation” against its decision to downgrade the US's credit rating.

• Saturday, April 6th 2013 - 04:02 UTC

  S&P strong warning to UK on continuing negative outlook for the economy

  

  Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has reaffirmed its triple-A rating for the UK, but warned of the continuing negative outlook for the economy. S&P said it may downgrade the UK from the highest rating in the future if economic conditions worsened.

• Friday, March 8th 2013 - 07:58 UTC

  Uruguay completes investment-grade ‘triple crown’ from the three big credit rating agencies

  

  Uruguay finally managed on Thursday to achieve investment grade debt rating from the three major agencies when Fitch raised the country’s rating to BBB-minus from BB-plus, citing economic resilience as well as the political and social stability of the country, squeezed between Brazil and Argentina.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 01:49 UTC

  US government to sue Standard & Poor’s over 2007 mortgage-bonds assessments

  

  Standard & Poor's says it is to be sued by the US government over the credit ratings agency's assessment of mortgage bonds before the financial crisis. The civil lawsuit would focus on S&P high ratings in 2007 for some mortgage-backed securities that later collapsed in value, said the agency.

• Sunday, November 4th 2012 - 06:40 UTC

  Argentina private sector increasingly isolated from foreign money markets

  

  Earlier in the week Standard & Poor’s ratings services lowered to ‘B-’ from ‘B’ its unsolicited long-term sovereign credit rating on Argentina and on Friday the ratings agency said it is taking a similar rating actions on four Argentine banks and 16 Argentine corporations.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 04:44 UTC

  S&P lowers Argentina’s rating, as credit-default insurance soars to highest in the world

  

  Argentina’s credit rating was cut one level by Standard & Poor’s, which referred to a US appeals court ruling that prevents the country from honouring its debt without also paying holders of its defaulted bonds.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 04:00 UTC

  Fitch Ratings downgrades Argentine bonds following Judge Griesa ruling

  

  Fitch Ratings has placed Argentina's Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of 'B', Short-term IDR of 'B' and the international bonds issued under New York Law on Rating Watch Negative (RWN).

• Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 04:09 UTC

  S&P cuts Spain’s credit rating to BBB minus just above junk territory

  

  Standard & Poor's cut Spain's sovereign credit rating to BBB-minus, just above junk territory, citing a deepening economic recession that is limiting the government's policy options to arrest the slide.

• Wednesday, September 12th 2012 - 01:48 UTC

  Moody's warns US may lose triple-A debt rating if no agreement is reached on the debt

  

  The United States may lose its triple-A debt rating if next year's budget negotiations do not produce policies that over time decrease the country's debt, Moody's Investors Service said in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2012 - 22:22 UTC

  Second risk rating agency upgrades Uruguay to investment grade

  

  Moody's Investor Service upgraded Uruguay's sovereign ratings from Ba1 to Baa3, following Standard & Poor's upgrade announced on April.