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- Examining the Credit Agencies: The More They Compete, the Higher Their Ratings
- Research Recap submits: A new working paper* from Harvard supports the claim that increased competition among credit ratings agencies has resulted in more generous and less informative ratings. The paper examines the impact of the growth of Fitch Ratings as a competitor to the incumbent “duopoly” of...
- External links 2008-10-16
- Global Crisis Hits Russia but Sovereign Rating Seen Stable
- Research Recap submits: Russia’s financial markets have been hit hard in the current global economic crisis and its balance sheet could suffer as oil prices decline, but Fitch Ratings said it expects the country’s sovereign debt rating to remain stable. Russia’s equity markets and credit default swap...
- External links 2008-10-23
- Looking for a Stable Industry? Try Chinese Life Insurance
- Research Recap submits: Is all the global gloom and doom getting you down? Moody’s Investors Service has an upbeat report on Chinese life insurers, who entered 2008 with record high profits and whose exposure to the sub-prime mortgage crisis is limited. Chinese insurers .. are in a relatively...
- External links 2008-11-18
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- How Investment Banks Can Save $2 Billion
- Research Recap submits: McKinsey sees considerable scope for investment banks to cut their noncompensation costs – possibly up to $2 billion in recurring savings. In a new survey of eight firms, McKinsey found a significant difference in noncompensation costs per head count between the top- and bottom-quartile banks....
- External links 2008-08-26
- Education Is Key to Increasing Investment in Africa
- Research Recap submits: A new report sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce looks at why Africa has received a disproportionately small share of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and what needs to be done to change that fact. Africa is the world’s second largest and second...
- External links 2009-05-21
- Porsche, VW and Qatar in Three-Way Dance
- Research Recap submits: Porsche (POAHF.PK) needs another dance partner after taking on $12.5 billion in debt in attempts to control Volkswagen AG (VLKAY.PK). After failing so far to consummate a merger with VW, the company is now said to be looking to Qatar for capital. The...
- External links 2009-06-19
- Financial Crisis Could Cause Delayed Oil Price Spike
- Research Recap submits: Falling energy investment will have far-reaching and, depending on how governments respond, potentially grave effects on energy security, climate change and energy poverty, the International Energy Agency says. “Cutbacks in investment in energy infrastructure will only affect capacity with a lag, often amounting to several...
- External links 2009-05-27
- S&P Rising Stars at Lowest Level Since 2003
- Research Recap submits: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services upgraded two issuers to investment grade (’BBB-’ and higher) from speculative grade (’BB+’ and lower) this past month, bringing the tally of rising stars to 16 issuers so far this year, affecting debt worth US$51.46 (€34.84) billion. ...
- External links 2009-10-20
- Foreign Buying of Asian Equities Slows
- Research Recap submits: Although foreign direct investment in Asia remained strong in the first quarter of 2008, foreign buying of Asian equities began to slow as the global credit crisis and deteriorating Asian economies began to take their toll, according to a report by Fitch Ratings. Fitch...
- External links 2008-09-10
- Renewable Energy Mostly Unaffected by Credit Crunch
- Research Recap submits: The credit crunch has so far had little impact on the attractiveness of renewable energy as an investment, according to Ernst & Young. From March 2007 to June 2008, the Wilderhill Clean Energy Index [NEX] rose by 17%, compared with an 11% decline for...
- External links 2008-08-20
- CreditSights Cuts Lehman to BBB
- Research Recap submits: CreditSights today cut its rating on Lehman Brothers LEH to BBB+, saying that while the investment bank’s proposed asset sales and other actions announced today were a step in the right direction, “they may not be enough to satisfy skittish capital markets.” In its...
- External links 2008-09-10
- Growing Risks to Russian Corporate Debt Ratings - S&P
- Research Recap submits: Standard & Poor’s offers a comprehensive analysis of what it sees as growing risks to corporate ratings in Russia in Global Economic Downturn Emphasizes Russia Country Risks. The global economic turmoil is bringing Russian country risk to the fore, S&P says. “At this stage, we...
- External links 2009-01-29
- Improving Liquidity Should Help REITS Meet Obligations
- Research Recap submits: Excerpted from REIT Liquidity: Cutting Credit Capacities Real Estate Investment Trust liquidity profiles continue to improve as the selective terming out of debt maturities has taken a front seat to the deleveraging from the widespread issuance of common equity that took place during...
- External links 2009-08-26
- Goldman Far Outperforms Morgan Stanley in 2008 - Moody's
- Research Recap submits: It hasn’t been a good week for investment banks turned bank holding companies Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS). Both reported their first quarterly losses as public companies this week. And Moody’s Investors Service cut both companies’ ratings on non-FDIC-insured debt one...
- External links 2008-12-19
- Lloyds Banking Group Better Positioned to Recover than RBS
- Research Recap submits: It looks like Royal Bank of Scotland Group RBS drew the short straw in the UK government’s latest shakeup of the UK banking sector. As DealBook reported, RBS agreed to sell its insurance business and some bank branches in England, Wales and Scotland to...
- External links 2009-11-05
- Schaeffer's Market Observation Features Charlotte Russe and the AMEX Retail HOLDRS Trust
- CINCINNATI -- The stocks featured in this Schaeffer's Market Observation are Charlotte Russe (NASDAQ:CHIC) and the AMEX Retail HOLDRS Trust (AMEX:RTH). This article is just one of the many free market commentaries written every day at www.SchaeffersResearch.com - the home of Bernie Schaeffer and Schaeffer's Investment Research. Take advantage...
- Research articles 2006-09-27
- Schaeffer's Market Observation Features Lockheed Martin and United Industrial Corporation
- CINCINNATI -- Among the stocks featured in this Schaeffer's Market Observation are Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and United Industrial Corporation (NYSE:UIC). This article is just one of the many free market commentaries written every day at www.SchaeffersResearch.com - the home of Bernie Schaeffer and Schaeffer's Investment Research. Take advantage of...
- Research articles 2006-09-06
- Schaeffer's Market Observation Features Wal-Mart Stores and Target
- CINCINNATI -- Featured in today's Schaeffer's Market Observation is Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) and Target (NYSE:TGT). This article is just one of the many free market commentaries written every day at www.SchaeffersResearch.com - the home of Bernie Schaeffer and Schaeffer's Investment Research. Take advantage of the timely Schaeffer commentaries by...
- Research articles 2006-10-16
- BlackRock, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from Craig Siegenthaler with Credit Suisse. Craig Siegenthaler - Credit Suisse Thanks. The performance fee number, you mentioned international equity hedge funds, can you give us some more detail what's in this number in terms of...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-17
- Wipro Q1 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And our first question this morning comes from the line of Joseph Foresi with Janney Montgomery Scott. Please go ahead. Joseph Foresi - Janney Montgomery Scott Hello guys, a nice job here at sort of a difficult quarter. My first question is your competitors have...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-19
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