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Making Solvency II stick
Dubbed 'Basel for insurers', operational risk management under the Solvency II regime is still mystifying most in the insurance world. This case study highlights the basic issues to consider.
The immediate outlook for the global commercial mortgage-backed market remains bleak, with delinquency rates heading upwards on US transactions and their European equivalents hit by conservative property...
Investors have voiced concerns about proposed upgrades to the credit ratings of municipal bond issuers, after Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service announced changes to the ways in which state...
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How banks needs to consider their IT infrastructure
Banks are increasingly using their IT infrastructure to increase their competitive advantage. Learn how this can work in practice.
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Refinancing will cover leveraged loan imbalance, says Fitch
Refinancing will absorb most of the potential funding gap in the US leveraged finance market over the next five years, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings. In the report, Bridging the Refinancing Cliff, Fitch says that although recent refinancing...
Holistic thinking
Insurers have been focusing their attention to ERM as the deadline for Solvency II looms – but how well is the industry coping with the challenges this presents?
Sovereign risk could damage corporate ratings – Fitch
The prospect of negative rating actions on sovereign issuers has risen since the start of the year on the back of spiralling fiscal deficits in Europe. And, according to a report from Fitch Ratings, sovereign uncertainty could also hit corporate ratings,...
US investors say recession is over
Fixed income investors believe the recession is over in the US, with the majority of investors predicting moderate growth in the US economy during 2010, according to a survey by Fitch Ratings. Just over 50% of those surveyed said the US economy would...
Ailing banks may lose government backing
Struggling European countries may end their support for banks they view as having no systemic importance, warned a Fitch Ratings analyst at the agency’s 2010 credit outlook conference in London on January 19. “We’re becoming increasingly concerned...
Lehman SPV trustee trapped by contrasting rulings
The trustee for a string of Lehman Brothers structured finance transactions has been left in legal no-man's land following a US bankruptcy court ruling last week that directly contradicts a ruling handed down by UK courts in July 2009. The rulings focus...
Weaker banks may lose government backing: Fitch
Struggling European countries may end their support for banks they view as having no systemic importance, warned a Fitch Ratings analyst at the agency’s 2010 credit outlook conference in London on January 19. “We’re becoming increasingly concerned...
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