Fitch Ratings
Taiwanese banks exposed to domestic property and China risks, says Fitch
Fitch Ratings believes the cost of funding for Taiwanese banks could jump nearly 200 basis points should Taiwan or China property prices fall sharply. The country's banks are also prone to any slowdown in global economic growth.
Valuation issues still a concern, says Duff & Phelps MD
Profile: Simon Greaves
Egyptian CDS spreads widen as political turmoil continues
Fitch downgrades Egyptian credit rating as protests spread across the country
Eurozone CDSs widen, but no loss of market confidence, says Fitch
Report says EMU credit default swap volatility due to lack of certainty over future debt market conditions
Duff & Phelps nabs two senior execs from Fitch
Duff & Phelps nabs two senior execs from Fitch
Irish CDSs widen on Fitch downgrade
The cost of insuring against an Irish government default rose today as Fitch lowered its Ireland rating to BBB+
Regulators review margin rates for CDS
Market analysis: CDS margining
Fitch hires Joao Garcia as head of quantitative analytics
Garcia replaces Brigo as leader of quant research team
Liquid CDSs mean cheaper debt, Fitch research finds
Study shows strong correlation between CDS liquidity and yields on sovereign debt
Fitch names Weinfurter as financial ratings head
David Weinfurter promoted to head of Fitch Ratings' bank and financial institutions ratings group
Q&A: Jonathan Di Giambattista
Q&A: Jonathan Di Giambattista
EU bolstering Club Med to fend off second banking crisis
EU help for Club Med nations is designed to give European banks enough time to minimise exposure to the region prior to debt restructurings, said analysts at a Fitch Ratings conference.
EU bailout vehicle nets top credit rating
European Financial Stability Facility secures triple A rating
Nordic insurers’ interest rate mismatch significant but improving
Better ALM practice behind Nordic insurer's reduced exposure to interest rate mismatches
European insurers would need regulatory action to survive Greek default
Fitch Ratings stress test concludes that eight european insurers would require "further analysis" after sovereign risk fallout
EC approves Aegon bailout without forcing coupon deferrment
Absence of measures forcing payments to Dutch state at expense of subordinated debt holders means Fitch upgrades firm's hybrid capital
Credit rating agencies: A question of trust
Question of trust
Spanish bank borrowing from ECB continues to balloon
Spanish banks continue to depend on European Central Bank after stress tests exposed capital shortfalls
Penny Cagan leaves Algo First for Citi
In a surprise move, First database founder Penny Cagan departs Algorithmics.
How to make VAR go voom
An amended approach to value-at-risk that focuses on the drivers of risk and the use of agent-based modelling and simulation to capture the bounded rationality of human decision-making
Estonia upgraded on euro accession; Ireland knocked down on banks’ weakness
Fitch lifts Estonian credit rating two notches, citing benefits of eurozone membership and strong fiscal performance; Moody’s downgrades Ireland on poor growth projections, worries over bad bank
Eurozone debt fears waning, agencies say
Rising bond prices and falling CDS volumes mean eurozone sovereign debt is past the worst