Sentences with phrase «major guarantors»

As I have pointed out before, the major rating agencies are co-dependent with the major guarantors, and that will only throw the guarantors over the edge if hurts them more to leave the guarantors at AAA.

That will cost them future revenues to cut the ratings of the major guarantors, but it might save their larger franchises.

Not exact matches

All guarantors and most major student loan lenders and servicers (including servicers for Perkins, private / alternative, and institutional loans), as well as the Department of Education, participate in the Clearinghouse.

They overrated the financial guarantors, who were their major clients.

I offered him four macro topics, and he took the most topical one, Buffett's offer to reinsure the muni business of the major financial guarantors.

With the major rating agencies and the major financial guarantors, they are locked in a co-dependent relationship, one that I highlighted in a RealMoney article three years ago.

The ratings agencies derive so much income from these major financial guarantors that their own financial well - being would be affected by a downgrade.

The last time financial guarantors went broke in a major way was during the Great Depression.

MBIA Corp.'s ability to attract new business and to compete with other triple - A rated financial guarantors is largely dependent on the triple - A financial strength ratings assigned to it by the major rating agencies and the financial enhancement rating assigned by S&P.

In the fourth quarter of 2007, deterioration in the RMBS and CDO sectors resulted in the major rating agencies reassessing the capital adequacy ratios of financial guarantors to reflect deterioration in the expected performance of transactions within the financial guarantors» insured portfolios.

Assessed guarantor strength, borrower credit worthiness, industry trends and other major risks to Bank when lending to customers.