Sentences with phrase «investment grade rating»

Companies with below investment grade ratings offer a higher interest rate to attract investors.

A conservative balance sheet with investment grade ratings ensures access to low cost of capital.

We have acquired over 11 million square feet of real estate assets and we partner with a variety of tenants — from middle market private businesses to investment grade rated companies.

These companies shall provide evidence of considerable financial strength as demonstrated by a long - term investment grade rating.

All of the preferred stocks that the article cites are financials with marginal investment grade ratings.

I decided to act after Ford regained it's investment grade rating from global ratings agency, Fitch.

In order to get investment grade ratings on the senior tranches, any losses would first be applied to the junior tranches (the equity and mezzanine tranches).

Bonds issued by Puerto Rico are rated at the lowest investment grade rating by Moody's, S&P and Fitch.

Occasional changes to investment grade ratings for individual stocks (upgrade or downgrade) may result in adjustments to individual weightings.

Many of the asset managers are considering other ways to securitize and offload their portfolios, however it seems investor interest in these kinds of portfolios is in rapid decline, and the rating agencies seem very reluctant to provide investment grade ratings to the structures of the securitizations which have been proposed.

The State was downgraded to the lowest possible investment grade rating and remains on negative watch with an S&P / Moodys credit rating of BBB - / Baa3.

But I notice that a company like Alltel with a 7/01/2012 maturity has a 7 % coupon and 9.156 YTM, and a borderline investment grade rating.

With investment grade rates barely keeping pace with inflation, investors started «chasing yield» wherever it might be found... high yield bonds, emerging market debt, world bond funds, bank loan funds, «non-traditional» and «multi-sector» bonds funds, et cetera.

While they looked good on paper and were given investment grade ratings by the incompetent credit rating agencies, these particular innovations are credited with stoking the «housing bubble» and eventual «great recession» of the late 2000's.

Jan Paul D. Custodio, Senior Director for Research and Consultancy for Santos Knight Frank explains that Manila lies at the centre for growth in the Philippines» real estate market: «Opportunities to invest in property development are amplified by the country's attractive investment grade rating, high GDP growth rate, and strong macro-economic fundamentals.»

Having the best investment grade rated portfolio is not a sign that signals outperformance.

Also, for TIFIA credit assistance, the borrower must have received two investment grade ratings on the senior debt obligations and two ratings on the TIFIA credit instrument, as described in Section 3 - 6.

This data represents the ICE BofAML US High Yield Master II Index value, which tracks the performance of US dollar denominated below investment grade rated corporate debt publically issued in the US domestic market.

At the moment, the ECB can not purchase Greek bonds because they do not have an investment grade rating.

A company with the lowest of the four investment grade ratings - Baa in Moody's rating system and a BBB from S&P - can borrow at an average of 3.6 percent points over benchmark treasury.

As a result, it now has an investment grade rating from independent ratings service Moody's.

Will Illinois become the first state in US history to fall below an investment grade rating?

In pursuance of the Union Budget 2018 announcement, the board also cleared a proposal on changing the investment grade rating from AA to A for corporate bonds, which would boost investment scope while ensuring credit quality.

The company stated in its most recent investor presentation that it is committed to maintaining its investment grade rating and access to the commercial paper market.

Qualifying securities must have a below investment grade rating (based on an average of Moody's, S&P, and Fitch) and an investment grade rated country of risk (based on an average of Moody's, S&P and Fitch foreign currency long term.

Ten out of these tenantsalso have investment grade ratings.

Underlying our capital allocation strategy is our goal to maintain our investment grade rating by managing to a leverage ratio of approximately three times adjusted debt to EBITDA.

«We'll ensure that Coles is set up with a very strong balance sheet and investment grade rating — it's important for us that Coles will be set up to invest because we'll be transferring the business to our shareholders and we want it to be successful.»

KDP anticipates total net debt at closing to be approximately $ 16.6 billion and it anticipates maintaining an investment grade rating, it says.

The Company is fully committed to deleveraging in a timely manner and to maintaining an investment grade rating going forward.

The Kraft Heinz Company is fully committed to maintaining an investment grade rating; Company plans to maintain Kraft's current dividend per share, which is expected to increase over time.

To qualify for PSF backing, charter schools must secure an investment grade rating on their own, with most at the lowest rung of the investment grade.

It did this after several years of fiscal diligence, allowing them to become one of only a few charter schools in the country to receive an investment grade rating from Standard and Poors.

The Permanent School Fund (PSF) allows schools to participate in a bond guaranty program and in order to be eligible for PSF, charter schools must achieve an investment grade rating from a national firm.

[240] If there are no debt obligations senior to the TIFIA credit instrument, then the TIFIA credit instrument itself must be shown to have the potential to obtain an investment grade rating.

If the TIFIA debt is intended to be the senior debt, it must receive two investment grade ratings.

[190] The TIFIA debt can not exceed the amount of the senior obligations unless the TIFIA credit assistance receives two investment grade ratings.

To maintain the value implied by the senior debt rating, the TIFIA debt can not exceed the amount of the senior obligations unless the TIFIA credit instrument receives two investment grade ratings.

The letter must conclude that there is a reasonable probability for the senior debt obligations (or the TIFIA credit instrument if there are no debt obligations senior to the TIFIA facility) to receive an investment grade rating.

[191] If the TIFIA credit instrument is proposed as the senior debt, then it must receive two investment grade ratings, unless the total amount of the debt is less than $ 75 million, in which case only one investment grade rating is required.

Each potential applicant for TIFIA credit assistance must provide a preliminary rating opinion letter from at least one Credit Rating Agency [187] indicating that the project's senior obligations (which may include the TIFIA credit instrument) have the potential to achieve an investment grade rating and providing a preliminary rating opinion on the TIFIA credit instrument and provides rating rationales for both preliminary ratings.