Tag Archives: Moody’s Investors Service

Moody’s: negative outlook for US bank ratings

Moody’s: negative outlook for US bank ratings

Moody’s Investors Service said in its yearly report that both the US banking industry rating outlook and the industry’s broader fundamental credit outlook continue to be negative because of... 

Moody’s withdraws PT HM Sampoerna’s Baa2 local currency rating

Moody’s withdraws PT HM Sampoerna’s Baa2 local currency rating

Moody’s Investors Service has today withdrawn the Baa2 local currency issuer rating of PT HM Sampoerna Tbk (”Sampoerna”) for business reasons.           Refer to www.moodys.com... 

Moody’s reviews 11 banks in Thailand for possible downgrade

Moody’s reviews 11 banks in Thailand for possible downgrade

Moody’s Investors Service has placed the debt and deposit ratings of 11 banks in Thailand on review for possible downgrade.             The banks affected are Bangkok Bank (BBL), Bank of... 

Moody’s reviews 9 banks in Malaysia for possible downgrade

Moody’s reviews 9 banks in Malaysia for possible downgrade

Moody’s Investors Service has placed the deposit and debt ratings of nine Malaysian banks on review for possible downgrade.           The banks affected are AmBank (M) Berhad, CIMB Bank... 

Moody’s reviews nine Philippine banks for possible downgrade

Moody’s reviews nine Philippine banks for possible downgrade

Moody’s Investors Service has placed the debt and deposit ratings of nine Philippine banks on review for possible downgrade.           The banks affected are Allied Banking Corporation (ABC),... 

Moody’s reviews ACLEDA Bank for possible downgrade

Moody’s reviews ACLEDA Bank for possible downgrade

Moody’s Investors Service has placed ACLEDA Bank Plc’s (ACLEDA Bank) local currency long-term deposit and issuer ratings of Ba1 on review for possible downgrade.           The bank’s... 

Moody’s reduces support assumed for foreign bank subsidiaries of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley

Moody’s reduces support assumed for foreign bank subsidiaries of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley

Foreign banks’ long-term ratings lowered           Moody’s Investors Service has adjusted the systemic support assumptions of certain highly integrated foreign banking subsidiaries... 

Moody’s: Japan bank ratings unaffected by unified gov’t ratings

Moody’s: Japan bank ratings unaffected by unified gov’t ratings

          Moody’s Investors Service commented that the local currency and foreign currency ratings of the Japanese banks will not be affected by the rating agency’s decision, announced... 

Moody’s may downgrade hybrid securities ratings of 4 US banks

Moody’s may downgrade hybrid securities ratings of 4 US banks

Moody’s Investors Service placed on review for possible downgrade the ratings on hybrid securities of four U.S. bank holding companies. The issuers and their affected securities are:          ... 

Financial crisis brings banks in greater alignment with government risk

Financial crisis brings banks in greater alignment with government risk

In a new report on banking analysis, Moody’s Investors Service describes how the global financial crisis is affecting the ability of national governments and their central banks to support their...