Sentences with phrase «in bond rating agencies»

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And DBRS, the bond rating agency, detects change in this relationship.

Threats from debt - rating agencies to strip the country of its sterling credit rating and investors» lacklustre response to a bond auction in November are just two signs that this reality is beginning to sink in.

a government, corporation, municipality, or agency that has issued a security (e.g., a bond) in order to raise capital or to repay other debt; the issuer goes to an underwriter to get their securities sold in the new issue market; for certificates of deposit (CDs), this is the bank that has issued the CD; in the case of fixed income securities, the issuer of the security is the primary determinant of the security's characteristics (e.g., coupon interest rate, maturity, call features, etc..)

Looking back to one of the worst recessions in recent times, many people believe that the independent bond rating agencies played a pivotal part in the 2008 downturn.

When people see banks browbeating the bond rating agencies and accounting firms to whitewash the quality of what they're pawning off on their customers, when they see bank lobbyists getting Washington to block state prosecutions of financial fraud so as to clear the way for more predatory lending and false packaging of the junk securities they're selling and to win the right not to reveal their true financial position, there's a good reason not to buy what's in these black boxes.

Western allies press Trump to maintain nuclear deal with Iran: Reuters US intelligence monitors Iranian cargo shipments into Syria: CNN A trade war is a major risk for China's debt - ridden economy: CNBC Federal judge orders gov» t must accept new DACA immigration applications: WaPo Unification of Koreas still unlikely as leaders prepare to meet: Reuters US Consumer Confidence Index rebounded in April after March decline: CB New home sales in US increased to 4 - month high in March: MarketWatch Richmond Fed Mfg Index turns negative for first time since 2016: Bond Buyer S&P Case - Shiller Home Price Index surged in Feb, up 6.3 % y - o - y: CNBC Federal Housing Finance Agency: US house prices continued to rise in Feb: HW Corp bonds with lowest investment - grade rating look vulnerable: Bloomberg 10 - year Treasury yield reaches 3.0 % for first time since 2014: CNN Money

Our investment team will typically select 25 — 50 bonds5 per account, and may invest in a mix of corporate bonds, U.S. Treasuries, government agencies, mortgage and asset - backed bonds, taxable municipal bonds, and floating - rate bonds.

Bearishness about Mexico's output prevailed early in 2017: Estimates of 1 % growth reflected negative US rhetoric and bond - rating agency skepticism.

A downgrade in the credit rating of a bond by the credit agencies can affect bond performance as well if institutional investors are forced to sell because of restrictions on the credit quality of the bonds they're able to hold.

The idea that real interest rates — that is, adjusted for inflation — will be lower than they have been historically is reflected in the pronouncements of policymakers such as Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, the medium - term forecasts of official agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office and the International Monetary Fund and the pricing of government bonds whose payments are tied to inflation.

And while smaller outfits, including Kroll Bond Rating Agency, have gained some traction in the industry of late, S&P, Moody's and Fitch still dominate the business.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited is carrying on business as KBRA Europe and is registered in Ireland, No. 599995 with a registered address of 25 - 28 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland.

S&P ratings agency issued a statement reaffirming US Treasury bond AAA credit rating, but they issued a negative outlook which means there's a 1 in 3 chance of lowering the debt rating in the next 2 years.

Many policy advocates in Washington are innocently unaware of the magnitude of change that shifting to, say, FICO 9 would entail for the housing agencies, the credit rating firms and for major bond investors.

Given the whipsaw that I experienced in 2002 when the ratings agencies went from long - to short - term, I can tell you it did not add value, and that most bond manager that I knew wanted stability.

Municipal bonds are similar to T - Bonds in that they are issued by a government agency and come with a term, a maturity, and a fluctuating interest bonds are similar to T - Bonds in that they are issued by a government agency and come with a term, a maturity, and a fluctuating interest Bonds in that they are issued by a government agency and come with a term, a maturity, and a fluctuating interest rate.

In February 2014, rating agencies downgraded Puerto Rico's general obligation debt and some related bonds below investment grade, with further downgrades possible.

The Venezuelan government and its state - run oil company, PDVSA, both defaulted on certain bonds in November, according to ratings agencies.

These portfolios primarily invest in U.S. high - income debt securities where at least 65 % or more of bond assets are not rated or are rated by a major agency such as Standard & Poor's or Moody's at the level of BB (considered speculative for taxable bonds) and below.

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The announcement comes as Venezuela faces acute financing problems after creditors and ratings agencies declared the government and state - run oil firm PDVSA to be in partial default for missing interest and principle payments on bonds.

The decided to raise the rate of quantitative tightening [QT] by increasing the rate of Treasury, MBS and agency bonds rolloff by $ 10B / month starting in April.

The Arlington Heights Park District is a three - time winner of the National Recreation and Parks Association's Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management, is an Accredited Illinois Distinguished Agency and maintains an Aaa bond rating from Moody's Investment Service, Inc..

We have: • normalized the domestic yield curve • issued the country's maiden 15 - year bond in April 2017 • improved external balances, driven by higher export earnings and lower imports • improved gross international reserves to US$ 7.2 billion, equivalent to 4.1 months of imports cover • improved primarybalanceto0.3 percent surplus in September 2017 against a deficit of 1.6 percent in September 2016 • received positive sovereign rating reviews from international ratings Agencies: Fitch, B / stable; Standard & Poor, B - / positive • successfully completed the 4th IMF / ECF program review, and • achieved positive developments in the oil & gas sector — favorable ITLOS ruling, and Sankofa producing 1st oil three months ahead of schedule.

Obviously, there is a dichotomy of what was being told to us, the general public, bond investors and rating agencies and, what in fact, was the truth.»

In another sign of Connecticut's wobbly finances, a Wall Street bond rating agency has downgraded the state's bond rating for the third time in less than a weeIn another sign of Connecticut's wobbly finances, a Wall Street bond rating agency has downgraded the state's bond rating for the third time in less than a weein less than a week.

On August 5, 2011, moments after the U.S. government watched a rating agency lower its credit rating for the first time in American history, the market for U.S. Treasury bonds soared.

The plan includes $ 180.5 million in debt service savings for Fiscal 2018, primarily from re-estimates of debt service costs related to variable - rate bonds and the retention of state building aid revenue by the Transitional Finance Agency.

«I am pleased the rating agencies have maintained our bond rating, particularly since many municipalities have had their ratings downgraded in recent months,» Mayor Stephanie Miner said in a press release.

In May, Fitch and two other bond rating agencies said Syracuse had maintained a good credit rating despite looming fiscal pressures and a weak economy.

In his letter, Naughton noted that the Wall Street agency Standard & Poor's recently upgraded the county's bond rating outlook.

«In order for our county to return to fiscal stability and satisfy the bond rating agencies, we must move ahead with the plan to create a Local Development Corporation to sell the Summit Park Health Care Facility,» he said.

In 2013, Moody's Investor Service, a bond credit rating agency, released a report which concluded that a small but growing number of school districts face severe financial stress as charter schools proliferate, specifically because these districts can't reduce their costs as quickly as they lose revenue.

Talk of a move to re-establish state fiscal oversight of the city's schools has circulated since the summer and comes as bond ratings agencies have dropped CPS» debt deeper into junk status in advance of district plans to add more than $ 850 million to its overall debt load.

All three bond rating agencies rate bonds when they are first issued and then continually analyze additional financial information and adjust ratings in light of changing economic status.

Because mortgages can be refinanced, bonds that are backed by agencies like GNMA are especially susceptible to changes in interest rates.

«To meet the rating agencies» standards — to maximize the percentage of triple - A-rated bonds created from any given pool of loans — the average FICO score of the borrowers in the pools needed to be around 615.

Here the Wall Street bond trading desks exploited another blind spot in the rating agencies» models.

Additionally, in terms of market structure, some of the issuers in the offshore market are foreign names and a portion of the offshore RMB bonds received international bond - level ratings, whereas the onshore market is dominated by domestic issuers, and they are rated by local ratings agencies only.

Moodys and Standard & Poors are the two primary bond rating agencies and they provide a bond rating scale using a grading system to assist investors in determining bond quality.

«In our view this is probably a generational opportunity for high quality corporate bonds and provincials and federal agency bonds,» says Scott Lamont, head of fixed income at Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd., and manager of the firm's bond fund, a top - rated performer on the MoneySense Best Mutual Funds Honor Roll.

The bubble was a combination of (a) teaser rates on option ARMs which were like financial time bombs, (b) liar loans in which the rules of good mortgage underwriting (20 % down, 28/36 ratios) went out the window, (C) people at rating agencies who decided that if one pools enough junk loans into one bond, it's magically AAA, and (D) Credit default swaps which encouraged these bad loans, and when they collapsed a number of people walked away with billions of dollars.

Our investment team will typically select 25 — 50 bonds5 per account, and may invest in a mix of corporate bonds, U.S. Treasuries, government agencies, mortgage and asset - backed bonds, taxable municipal bonds, and floating - rate bonds.

High yield bond funds take higher risks with the goal of paying higher yields by investing primarily in securities that are either not rated, or have been rated below investment grade by the major ratings agencies — for taxable funds, BB and below.

-- Although there is a lack of trust in the rating agencies after the financial crisis you can still trust corporate bond credit ratings.

The rating agency said it will continue to analyze the creditworthiness of bonds in terms of performance of individual transactions and relative to their specific credit enhancement levels.

In order to simplify comparison of different bonds, bond - rating agencies make it their specialties to issue bond ratings for different bonds.

The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in fixed income securities, such as U.S. Treasury bonds, notes and bills, Treasury inflation - protected securities, U.S. Treasury Strips, U.S. Government agency securities (primarily mortgage - backed securities), and investment grade corporate debt rated BBB or higher by Standard & Poor's Global Ratings or Baa or higher by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or having an equivalent rating from another independent rating organization.

If you are interested in purchasing high quality international bonds you can research them through Moody's or Standard & Poor's credit rating agencies, and you can purchase them through discount brokerages.

When I worked in the investment department of a number of life insurers, every now and then I would hear one of the portfolio managers say, «We know that the rating agencies are going to downgrade the bonds of XYZ Corp, but we like the story.