Moody's: Australian banks' domestic funding gap continues to narrow, a credit positive

Jun 05, 2015 10:28 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Moodys Investors Service says that Australian banks domestic funding gap -- namely, the proportion of loans at their domestic operations not funded by customer deposits -- continues to narrow. This is credit positive for...

Moody's: Australian banks' domestic funding gap continues to narrow, a credit positive

Jun 05, 2015 10:28 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Moodys Investors Service says that Australian banks domestic funding gap -- namely, the proportion of loans at their domestic operations not funded by customer deposits -- continues to narrow. This is credit positive for...

Fitch: Lower Dairy Prices Will Pressure NZ Banks' Asset Quality

Jun 05, 2015 02:19 am UTC| Research & Analysis

A second year of low milk prices will raise asset-quality pressure at New Zealand banks, says Fitch Ratings. The full impact will depend on how long it will take milk prices to recover, and on future interest rates and the...

Fitch: Japanese Non-Life Insurers to Continue Seeking Overseas M&A

Jun 05, 2015 00:07 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Fitch Ratings says in a new report that Japanese non-life insurers are likely to continue to look for MA opportunities overseas to improve returns from the capital that will be released by continued reduction of their...

Fitch: Japan Life Insurers to Continue Increasing Foreign Bond Investment

Jun 05, 2015 00:04 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Fitch Ratings says in a new report that it expects Japanese life insurers to continue to raise the allocations to high-grade foreign bonds in their investment portfolio because bond yields in Japan remain very low.Fitch...

Moody's: Increases in federal education funding eases fiscal pressure on Mexican states

Jun 04, 2015 21:46 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

Increases in federal funding for education over the next few years will help relieve some of the fiscal pressures on the Mexican states, a positive for credit quality, says Moodys Investors Service in a new report. Because...

Moody's: Ghana's creditworthiness constrained by high government debt and external vulnerability

Jun 04, 2015 21:27 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

Ghanas high debt burden, reduced debt affordability and large gross borrowing requirements are among the key credit constraints reflected in its B3 rating with a negative outlook, Moodys Investors Service says in its...