Article tagged with 'S&P'
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Ratings agency positive about Avanti's market position
04 Oct 2024 - Changes to Avanti's funding base well received by ratings house.
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Banks given clean bill of health — but will Aussie lenders sell NZ operations?
16 Apr 2021 - New Zealand's biggest banks and non-bank lenders remain in a robust position despite the pandemic, according to rating agency Standard & Poor's. S&P has predicted a possible shake-up of the NZ banking landscape due to the Reserve Bank's new capital requirements: [READ ON]
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Banks and non-banks given clean bill of health
15 Apr 2021 - New Zealand's biggest banks and non-bank lenders remain in a robust position despite the pandemic, according to rating agency Standard & Poor's.
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Kiwi insurers unscathed by Covid-19, S&P says
04 Aug 2020 - New Zealand insurers’ risks have remained stable through 2020 and the sector has mostly been unscathed by the Covid-19 pandemic, S&P Global Ratings says.
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Why the future is not bleak for the housing market
03 Jul 2020 - Uncertainty continues to cast its shadow over the housing market but economist Tony Alexander has put together a list of reasons which offset the negatives and mean the market remains well-supported.
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S&P forecast 10% house price fall
24 Jun 2020 - Global ratings agency Standards & Poors is the latest to join the chorus of predictions around potential house price falls in New Zealand – and they’re picking a 10% drop.
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Covid-19 could strike REITs a hard blow
30 Apr 2020 - The hit from the Covid-19 crisis could last longer and deeper than just the lockdown period for Australian and New Zealand real estate investment trusts (REITs).
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Passive managers reject criticism [+ WHITE PAPER]
23 Oct 2019 - Passive fund managers have hit back at suggestions that people with money in passive holdings may not understand the level of risk they are taking.
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FE Investments gets ratings boost on capital raise
04 Oct 2019 - Non-bank deposit taker, FE Investments has had its ratings reaffirmed following a capital raise by its parent company. FEI's parent, FE Investments Group, has been strengthened with the recent injection of A$3.3 million in ordinary shares. Ratings agency S&P now apply lower risk...
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S&P's latest verdict on UDC
23 Sep 2019 - UDC has had its credit rating increased from BBB to 'BBB+ and its outlook is recorded as stable. S&P says the upgrade reflects UDC's improved risk-adjusted capital ratio, which makes it more likely that the finance company will maintain very strong capital levels over the next 1...