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Posted on May 22nd, 2011
DBRS has provided its comments on the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) proposal on National Instrument 25-101 (the Revised Proposed Instrument) toward ensuring a regulatory framework that is workable for credit rating agencies (CRAs) domiciled in and outside Canada. The Revised Proposed Instrument would impose requirements on CRAs that wish to have their credit [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2011
Following two years of meaningful downgrade activity and record corporate default levels, 2010 was by most measures a much more positive year for credit. In essence, 2010 followed two years of significant rating actions on weaker credits and meaningful cost-cutting and/or reorganization and capital-preservation actions by companies. With the additional benefit of more [...]
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Posted on August 17th, 2010
DBRS has released its updated Global Monthly CMBS Surveillance Report for July 2010. The report provides updated statistics for all DBRS-rated transactions in the United States, Canada and Europe. In addition, the report includes commentary from DBRS analysts on specially serviced loans, large watchlisted loans and any collateral changes from the previous reporting [...]
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Posted on July 27th, 2010
DBRS has assigned ratings of AAA to the United Kingdom’s (U.K. or Britain) foreign and local currency securities. A high debt burden has placed downward pressure on the credit profile. However, the trends on both ratings are Stable because the economy is showing signs of resilience, and the newly elected government has implemented a forceful, [...]
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Posted on June 21st, 2010
This commentary was written as the proposed Senate and House of Representative Financial Reform Bills are being reconciled. Many of the details remain to be determined in the final legislation. Nevertheless, the scope of evolving U.S. legislation on financial reform is raising concerns about its potential impact on banks and their ratings.
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