Apr 03, 2017 09:49 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Crude oil price sentiments improved owing to progressively reassuring rhetoric from a number of OPEC nations willing to extend production cuts into H22017. Despite recent bullish sentiments, the crude prices faltered...
Apr 03, 2017 02:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service says that Chinese banks are exposed to considerable latent asset risks, based on a bottom-up analysis of a large sample of the financial results of Chinese corporate borrowers. Moodys analysis...
Moody's: Solvency II regulatory disclosures unlikely to affect European insurers' credit quality
Apr 02, 2017 23:26 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
Creditworthiness of European rated insurers is unlikely to be affected when they will have to reveal, for the first time starting in May 2017, the extent to which their Solvency II ratios are enhanced by various measures,...
Mar 30, 2017 07:59 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service says that the economic and fiscal position of regional and local governments (RLGs) in China (Aa3 negative) moderated in 2016 according to key statistics and this trend should continue through...
Mar 29, 2017 14:35 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
As widely trailed, today saw Prime Minister Theresa May announce the activation of Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union, beginning the process of the UKs departure from the EU. The letter, delivered to the office...
FxWirePro: A glimpse over G7 OTC FX - Vols collapse after dovish Fed, more in store
Mar 29, 2017 08:01 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
Please be noted that the nutshell showing IVs of G7 pairs have collapsed considerably. The collapse in vols following in the recent times FOMCs dovish statement, even in longer tenors less influenced by event-related...
Moody's: China's economy faces heightened risks from a potential future property downturn
Mar 29, 2017 01:30 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service says that Chinas economy would face heightened risks from a potential future property downturn compared to when Moodys previously analyzed the macroeconomic importance of the countrys real estate...
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