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Moody’s ‘regularly ignored’ compliance chief’s advice

30.09.09
The former head of compliance at credit ratings agency Moody’s claimed that he was regularly ignored when he warned that the firm was not properly monitoring the ratings on municipal bonds ... more

Former Moody’s man slams ratings agencies

24.09.09
A former Moody’s analyst was today set to tell US lawmakers that the ratings industry is still hampered by the sorts of conflicts of interest that helped fuel the financial crisis ... more

Former Moody’s chief attacks inflated ratings

23.09.09
The role of ratings agencies was back in the spotlight today after a recently departed Moody’s analyst said that inflated ratings are still being issued ... more

Myners is wrong to kick the bankers

04.08.09
Lord Myners’ proposal to force banks to reveal the pay of their executives outside the board is an interesting one. And deeply flawed. While we’re in “kick a banker” season at the moment we could just as easily move on to other industries ... more

Buffett cuts Moody’s stake after downgrade

22.07.09
Warren Buffett has slashed his stake in Moody’s, just three months after the credit rating agency stripped the billionaire’s Berkshire Hathaway group of its pristine AAA rating ... more

Top rating agencies are to be sued by pension giant

15.07.09
The world’s top rating agencies are to be sued by one of America’s most powerful institutional investors over their role in credit boom and bust ... more

IHG is hard hit by sellers wary of pandemic gloom

01.05.09
Three days is a long time in a nascent pandemic. There is every chance that the markets will re-open on Tuesday with 72 hours worth of panic-hewn news to digest... more

Pound tumbles on economy shock and credit worries

24.04.09
Sterling fell after a shocking slump in the economy fuelled fears over the UK's credit rating... more

Building societies 'surprised' by downgrade

16.04.09
The trade body representing UK building societies said it was "disappointed and surprised" after a leading ratings agency downgraded nine of its members amid fears of rising bad debts... more

Buffett’s in for a buffeting

09.04.09
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Moody's and Savills add to housing market cloud

11.03.09
There were more ominous signs about the prime middle-class housing market as Savills posted its first loss in years... more

Burning issue for banks as eastern Europe faces a full-scale crash

20.02.09
Analysis: Necks are craning eastwards to spot the next stage of the global financial crisis... more

Ratings cuts spell more Lloyds misery

17.02.09
Lloyds Banking Group continued to be rocked by last week's warning of losses totalling £11 billion at its recently acquired HBOS subsidiary ... more

More Lloyds misery after cuts in ratings

17.02.09
Lloyds Banking Group today continued to be rocked by last week's warning that losses may total £11 billion at its recently acquired HBOS subsidiary. ... more

Middle-class subprime - new fear for ailing US property market

09.02.09
Analysis: The doom-mongers reckon America's property market is on the verge of a new crisis as big as the subprime disaster that began in 2007... more

British banks face a new mauling from mortgage defaults by US middle classes

06.02.09
Banking: Fears are growing that British and European banks will be hit by a second wave of huge losses, caused by defaults in the US on what are known as Alternative-A mortgages... more

A minnow that’s put on weight heading

04.02.09
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Moody’s cuts Barclays credit rating on nationalisation fear

02.02.09
Banking: Barclays Bank is back on the rack after Moody’s downgraded its credit ratings... more

Market report: Brokers unable to cheer up banks

02.02.09
Bank shares were beating a retreat again today despite the best efforts of some brokers to breathe fresh life into their shares.... more

Moody's gives Britain a little bit of cheer on credit rating

23.01.09
Britain took a step back from the brink of a humiliating credit rating downgrade as the influential Moody's agency said it did not think it would be revising its guidance downwards... more

Recession silver lining for some

14.11.08
IN a week when one of our largest charities, the Wellcome Foundation, has invited bids for its £3.8 billion (£2.6 billion) private-equity portfolio, when the American giant KKR - the original barbarian at the gate - sold a large chunk of its own portfolio at a discount and both Carlyle in the US and Permira, one of the biggest British houses, sent a message to potential investors offering help should they struggle to meet their funding commitments, it becomes pretty obvious the stresses of the credit crunch are biting in this sector too. ... more

Moody's takes Rio down a peg

07.11.08
Ratings agency Moody's has cut its outlook for mining giant Rio Tinto as metal prices fall and demand for commodities tightens... more

Warning of defaults as junk bonds get riskier

11.09.08
Finance: Almost a third of European junk bonds are trading at distressed levels, and analysts reckon a wave of defaults are on the way... more

Banking crisis deepens

11.09.08
Credit crunch: Share prices have tumbled around the world as Wall Street slashed the value of Lehman Brothers, one of its oldest investment banks, for the second time this week... more

NAB lashes out over downgrade

04.08.08
Clydesdale owner National Australia Bank has railed against a credit ratings downgrade after revealing a big hole in its books... more

Moody's downgrades B&B ratings

04.07.08
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the long-term bank deposit rating and the senior debt rating of Bradford & Bingley plc (Bradford & Bingley) to Baa1 from A3... more

Texas Pacific fights for reputation as City rages

04.07.08
Texas Pacific Group was fighting to save its reputation in the City after its boss David Bonderman intervened personally to pull the plug on the deal designed to save Bradford & Bingley... more

Shares in Bradford & Bingley dive as TPG walks away

04.07.08
Shares in Bradford & Bingley plunged 9 per cent after a US private-equity house walked away from a deal to bail out the troubled bank... more

City fearing a crash in property as jobs are axed

23.04.08
The City and Canary Wharf are on the brink of a property slump as millions of square feet of office space lies empty... more

UK 'has the strength for more bank bailouts'

16.04.08
Britain could afford to rescue more banks on the scale of its £100bn bailout of Northern Rock... more

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