Fitch: China Margin Lending Poses Indirect Risks to Banks
May 13, 2015 01:09 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Rapidly growing margin lending poses indirect risks to Chinese banks through their lending to trust and securitiesfirms, and raises their exposure to stock market volatility, says Fitch Ratings. However, the extent of...
Fitch: Australian Auto Performance Deteriorates due to Seasonality in 1Q15
May 12, 2015 23:10 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
Australian prime auto ABS losses and delinquencies rose over 1Q15, according to Fitchs latest Dinkum ABS Index. Losses continue to remain low and below Fitchs expectations despite the annualised net loss rate increasing by...
Fitch: Australian Auto Performance Deteriorates due to Seasonality in 1Q15
May 12, 2015 23:05 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
Australian prime auto ABS losses and delinquencies rose over 1Q15, according to Fitchs latest Dinkum ABS Index. Losses continue to remain low and below Fitchs expectations despite the annualised net loss rate increasing by...
Fitch: Venezuelan Banks Resilient but Facing Growing Challenges
May 12, 2015 18:51 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
Private Venezuelan banks continue to report resilient loan quality ratios and earnings, even when adjusted for inflation. However, growing macroeconomic imbalances, high unseasoned loan growth and government policies that...
Fitch: EMEA Corporates Benefit from Search for Yield as Funding Costs Fall
May 12, 2015 14:32 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
Fitch Ratings says in its latest EMEA Corporate View Dashboard that companies continued to benefit from tightening spreads in early 2015 as the ECBs sovereign bond-buying programme kicked off. Investors ploughed into...
May 12, 2015 06:55 am UTC| Research & Analysis
"The PBOCs cumulative interest and required reserve ratio (RRR) cuts should support residential property demand from both end-buyers and investors over the next few months," says Franco Leung, a Moodys Vice President and...
Moody's: Currency shifts to widen gap between global economies in 2015-16
May 11, 2015 23:13 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
Robust US growth and stabilising financing conditions will help the global economy to grow more strongly next year after muted growth in 2015, with divergence between the major economies likely to widen, says Moodys...
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