30/10/2012 | Argentina

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31/10/2012 | Argentina

Bond prices sink, risk spread grows after S&P downgrade

The price of benchmark bonds in dollars sank as much as 7 percent in early over-the-counter trade today, a day after Standard & Poor's downgraded the country's sovereign credit rating.

27/11/2012 | Argentina

Fitch downgrades Argentina on 'probable default'

Fitch Ratings agency announced it has downgraded Argentina's long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating from "B" to "CC," with a negative outlook, as it sees a "probable default" if the country misses its payment to holdout investors.

27/09/2012 | Argentina

Moody's cuts outlook on 30 Argentine banks

Rating agency Moody's changed to negative the rating outlook on 30 rated argentine financial institutions today.

17/10/2012 | Argentina

Moody's downgrades ratings of provinces, cities

Moody's Investor Service announced it has downgraded the issuer and debt ratings of several provincies and cities in Argentina, due to the risks these states may face to access foreign currency and "serve their obligations in foreign currency."

30/10/2012 | Argentina

S&P downgrades Argentina's rating on 'vulture funds' ruling

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services reported it has downgraded Argentina's sovereign credit rating from "B" to "B-," following the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling over "vulture funds."

15/03/2013 | World

Moody's downgrades Argentina's foreign law bonds

Moody's Investors Service has today lowered the rating of Argentina's foreign law bonds to Caa1. The downgrade reflects the increased default risk of these bonds deriving from ongoing legal proceedings in US courts, and differentiates this portion of Argentina's debt from the rest, according to a communiqué released today.

03/09/2012 | World

Moody's downgrades EU's outlook to negative

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the European Union's outlook from "stable" to "negative," stating that its decision is linked to the recent outlook downgrade of the bloc's member countries, such as Germany and France.

07/11/2012 | World

Fitch threatens to downgrade Obama's US

In the midst of the honeymoon of the reelection of US President Barack Obama, Fitch Ratings agency called the newly appointed head of state to quickly "secure agreement on avoiding the 'fiscal cliff' and raising the debt ceiling," to retain its "AAA" status.

19/11/2012 | World

Moody's downgrades France's gov't bond rating to 'Aa1'

Moody's ratings agency downgraded France's government bond rating by one notch to "Aa1" from "Aaa," and maintained the negative outlook, as a result of its "deteriorating economic prospects."

25/06/2012 | World

Moody's cuts Spanish banks on sovereign downgrade

Moody's Investors Service downgraded the long-term debt and deposit ratings for 28 Spanish banks and two issuer ratings, following on the heels of a cut to Spain's sovereign rating to just above junk status earlier this month.

16/07/2012 | World

Moody's downgrades Italian banks

Moody's downgraded 13 Italian financial institutions including some of the country's largest banks Intesa Sanpaolo and Unicredit with a negative outlook.

23/07/2012 | World

Moody's: Germany, Netherlands, Luxembourg's ratings under threat

Credit ratings agency Moody's warned that Germany, Netherlands and Luxembourg were put on negative outlooks and could lead to a downgrade of their ratings.

08/06/2012 | World

Fitch cuts Repsol rating to 'BBB-'

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Repsol S.A's long-term issuer default rating (IDR) to 'BBB-' from 'BBB' and removed it from Rating Watch Negative (RWN).

15/06/2012 | World

Moody's cuts eleven European banks' ratings

Moody's has cut the ratings of eleven European banks and said it would cut again if Greece ditched the euro, kicking off a long-awaited round of downgrades for major European institutions.

22/06/2012 | World

Moody's cuts ratings of 15 banks, Morgan Stanley down two notches

Ratings agency Moody's downgraded 15 of the world's biggest banks today, lowering credit ratings by one to three notches to reflect the risk of losses they face from volatile capital markets activities, but banks criticized the move as backward looking.

22/02/2012 | World

Fitch downgrades Greece on debt swap plan

Fitch cut Greece's long-term ratings today to its lowest rating above a default, becoming the first ratings agency to make the widely expected downgrade after the country announced a bond exchange plan to ease its massive debt burden.

11/05/2012 | World

Fitch warns euro zone of downgrades if Greece exits

Credit rating agency Fitch put the whole of the euro zone on notice today that were Greece to leave the currency bloc as a result of its current crisis, the remaining countries could find their sovereign ratings at risk.

31/05/2012 | World

Fitch downgrades eight Spanish regions, pushes for more austerity

Fitch Ratings downgraded eight regions of Spain warning that a failure from the government to adopt new measures would result in further ratings cuts.

16/12/2011 | World

Fitch warns may downgrade six euro zone nations

Fitch Ratings warned it may downgrade Belgium, Italy, and four other euro zone countries in the absence of a "comprehensive solution" to the region's debt crisis.

13/02/2012 | World

Moody's warns it may strip France, UK and Austria's Aaa rating

Rating agency Moody's warned it may cut the triple-A ratings of France, the United Kingdom and Austria, while it downgraded the ratings of Italy, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta.

16/02/2012 | World

Moody's warns may downgrade 17 global banks, securities firms

Moody's warned today it may cut the credit ratings of 17 global and 114 European financial institutions in another sign the impact of the euro zone government debt crisis is spreading throughout the global financial system.

23/09/2011 | World

Moody's cuts eight Greek bank ratings by 2 notches

Moody's Investors Service downgraded the ratings of eight Greek banks by two notches each citing a struggling domestic economy and declining deposits among reasons for the move, which was expected by markets.

18/10/2011 | World

S&P downgrades 24 Italian banks, financial firms

Standard & Poor's downgraded 24 Italian banks and financial institutions, citing renewed "market tensions" and lower economic growth prospects.

06/12/2011 | World

S&P says euro zone bailout fund could be downgraded

Standard & Poor's said today it is considering downgrading the European Financial Stability Facility, the euro zone's bailout fund that is financed by member governments, after saying it could downgrade the majority of euro zone nations.

02/08/2011 | World

Fitch keeps US AAA rating, review ongoing

Fitch Ratings said the agreement to raise the borrowing capacity of the United States means the risk of a sovereign default is "extremely low" and commensurate with a AAA rating.

23/08/2011 | World

S&P replaces president with Citibank exec after US downgrade

The chief of Standard & Poor's will step down next month, to be replaced by a senior Citibank executive, in a move announced a few weeks after the credit rating agency downgraded US government debt and sparked a row with Washington.

08/09/2011 | World

Fitch warns of downgrades for China, Japan

Fitch Ratings warned that it might downgrade China's credit rating within two years as the country's banks struggle with debt loads following a lending surge to help lift the economy during the 2008 financial crisis.

15/04/2011 | World

Moody's cuts Ireland by two notches

Moody's cut Ireland's sovereign rating by two notches to the verge of junk status and kept its outlook on negative, adding to renewed pressure on the euro zone's weaker countries.

13/07/2011 | World

Fitch downgrades Greece on lack of funding program

Fitch Ratings downgraded Greece deeper into junk territory, citing the absence of a new and fully funded financing program for the country.

22/07/2011 | World

Fitch to slap 'restricted default' status on Greece

Fitch ratings agency declared Greece would be in temporary default as the result of a second bailout, which Athens said had bought it breathing space.