Standard & Poor's

S&P raises questions about strength of some major banks
SIFMA Global SmartBrief | 4 hours 33 minutes ago
An analysis by Standard & Poor's shows that HSBC is the world's best-capitalised bank, while UBS, Citigroup and several major Japanese banks need to be better...

Credit rating agencies targeted in lawsuit by Ohio attorney general
PLI SmartBrief | 1 day 4 hours 33 minutes ago
Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray filed a lawsuit accusing Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings of inflating ratings of mortgage-backed securities. The lawsuit says the companies...

Stocks appreciate while Treasury bills pay no interest
SIFMA SmartBrief | 1 day 4 hours 33 minutes ago
...Depression buff, might have considerable insight because the situation is similar to that of 1938. In that year, the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 25% while rates of Treasury bills fell to 0.05%. Stocks then started to decline in 1939 after...

EU charges S&P with breaching competition rules
SIFMA Global SmartBrief | 4 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
The European Commission said licence fees that Standard & Poor's levies on fund managers is a violation of competition rules. The commission's claims refer to S&P's "international securities...

S&P to pull out of Australia's retail-investment market
SIFMA Global SmartBrief | 5 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
...Australian Securities and Investments Commission decided to hold credit rating agencies more accountable, prompting Standard & Poor's to withdraw from the country's retail-investment market. Retail investors in Australia will no longer have...

Report: Biofuel development may prompt changes in petroleum industry
RFA SmartBrief | 4 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
...mandate, big oil companies and midstream businesses may have to change their practices, according to a report from Standard & Poor's. The development of advanced biofuels could change conventional refinery requirements and distribution programs...

Rating agencies face more liability under financial services reform bill
NAMIC dailyLead | 7 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings could face increased liability if the draft regulation aimed at reforming the financial-services industry becomes...

More liability for rating agencies under financial services reform bill
PCI SmartBrief | 7 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings could face increased liability if the draft regulation aimed at reforming the financial-services industry becomes...

Shopping center REITs report third-quarter increase in leasing demand
ICSC SmartBrief | 6 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
...stabilization. Sequential occupancy increases were somewhat encouraging," said Robert McMillan, an analyst with Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services. "Some of the big-box space that has been vacated is being leased, so once demand...

S&P estimates potential losses on residential-mortgage bonds
The Financial Services Roundtable SmartBrief | 15 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
Standard & Poor's is responding to criticism that its ratings on high-yield debt are too broad. The credit rating agency has started looking into...

Commentary: Danger of an asset bubble is exaggerated
Fidelity Public Policy SmartBrief | 14 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
...spectacularly, there is little danger of an asset bubble as some economists maintain, wrote Robert Samuelson. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index has gained more than 50% since it hit its low point last March. But frightened consumers are still hoarding...

G-20's stimulus stance drives Dow to highest close this year
CFA Institute Financial NewsBrief | 14 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
...programs and hold interest rates at historic lows. The Dow's 2% increase was joined by a 2.2% climb for the Standard & Poor's 500 index and a 2% gain for the Nasdaq composite. European stocks followed the trend, with stock indexes rising...

Issues of high-yield bonds from European firms surge
SIFMA Global SmartBrief | 11 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
...seven such issues have hit the market this month. In the first 10 months of 2009, €14.3 billion in high-yield bonds were sold, compared with €2.6 billion during the same period last year, according to Standard & Poor's.

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NYSSA SmartBrief | 20 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
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S&P report shows improving outlook for European RMBS
SIFMA Global SmartBrief | 28 days 5 hours 33 minutes ago
A report from Standard & Poor's indicates that steep declines in interest rates are likely contributing to fewer homeowners in Europe getting behind on mortgage...