Foreign investors net sellers of Japan shares for last week

Mar 25, 2015 23:55 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

Foreigners sold a net 352.8 billion yen worth of shares in the week through Mar. 21, after buying a net 244.3 billion yen in the week before that. Japanese investors bought a net 765.5 billion yen of foreign bonds in the...

Moody's: Australian residential mortgage delinquencies lowest since 2006, but some mining regions deteriorate

Mar 25, 2015 23:51 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

Moodys Investors Service says that Australian residential mortgage delinquencies are at their lowest level since 2006, due to record-low interest rates, rising house prices and a relatively steady macro-economic ...

Fitch: Western European food and agribusiness dashboard 1H15

Mar 25, 2015 14:55 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

Fitch Ratings says in a new report that improving consumer confidence and disposable income should benefit the European packaged food sector, but not enough to merit any meaningful positive rating action.In the "Western...

Fitch: Race against interest rates brings U.S. corp bond issuance to near-record levels

Mar 25, 2015 14:43 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

U.S. non-financial corporate bond issuance totaled $656 billion in 2014, falling shy of the record $686 billion issuance in 2012, according to Fitch Ratings. After three years of robust U.S. corporate bond issuance,...

Moody's: Expansion plans will drive up capex for Europe's paper and forest companies in 2015

Mar 25, 2015 14:09 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

Most European paper and forest product companies will maintain or increase their capital expenditure (capex) in 2015 to meet their expansion plans, says Moodys Investors Service in a sector comment published today. These...

Fitch: Chilean insurers drawn to Peru's premium growth potential

Mar 25, 2015 14:07 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

Perus growth potential as a developing market is driving moves by Chilean insurers to establish footholds in the countrys insurance sector, says Fitch Ratings. Last weeks announcement that Peruvian insurer Protecta will be...

Moody's affirms Pakistan's Caa1 rating, changes outlook to positive

Mar 25, 2015 11:37 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Moodys Investors Service has revised the outlook on Pakistans foreign currency government bond rating to positive from stable. The rating is affirmed at Caa1.Concurrently, Moodys has affirmed the governments issuer rating...