A mid growing investor concern about the quality of China-based firms tapping the international capital markets, New York-based credit-rating agency Moody’s Investors Service Inc. recently began screening the companies it covers for signs of lurking governance and accounting risks, and found red flags at most of the firms.Moody’s examined the firms for 20 red flags, […]
The global speculative-grade default rate dropped to 3.3% in November, down from 3.7% the previous month, Moody’s Investors Service said Tuesday.In a new report, the ratings agency said that a year ago the global default rate stood at 13.6%. It sees it falling further from here in the months ahead. Moody’s default rate forecasting model […]
Moody’s will bring a rich content library to the Canadian company. CSI will boost Moody’s online training capacity
Volatile capital markets conditions may lead to further earnings turmoil
Canadian firm’s responding to increased appetite for speculative-grade debt
Negative outlook maintained on U.S. affiliates
Ratings agency expects the pace of defaults to continue to slow
Significant credit rating impacts are possible
Nationwide branch networks, improved risk management could expand market share
Defaults in the current cycle were driven in large part by the forest products sector