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Credit rating agency seeks to expand how it evaluates lenders’ riskiness amid raft of scandals
Ratings group builds up its specialist services as the debt market swells in size
Fitch says the industry could account for one-third of junk bond defaults in 2021
Divisions on taxes do not threaten triple A status, according to Moody’s and Fitch
Rating agency predicts government debt will reach 130% of gross domestic product in 2021
In a crisis, investors want information about relative strengths and weaknesses not just downgrades
Market stress will force reappraisal of vehicles invested in less liquid asset classes
Fitch says scale of support points to the systemic importance of $55tn asset management market
Country’s bond prices weaken after downgrade that reflects economic impact of coronavirus
Critics claim S&P, Moody’s and Fitch might be poised for rerun of 2008 financial crisis
Beijing has called on lenders to boost economy and support companies hit by coronavirus
Agency cuts rating to AA- and points to worsening fiscal outlook and Brexit uncertainty
Enrollees from India and China make up a third of intake
Systemic flaws that helped stoke the financial crisis threaten to wreak havoc again
The German company has ambitions to be a European rival to S&P, Moody’s and Fitch
House prices set to fall in real terms on concerns of ‘cliff edge’ by end of 2020
Rating agency says Greece, Italy and Portugal most likely to follow deflationary path
Rating agency, hedge fund manager and ex-SoftBank chief warn on prospects
Credit agency says Riyadh remains vulnerable as tensions in the Gulf intensify
Rating agency cites debt risks after Macri loses primary vote to rival Fernández
Fitch lowers rating for debt of eyebrow cosmetics specialist Anastasia Beverly Hills
Public debt balloons back to levels seen before massive write-off programme
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