Rules & Ratings: ‘Under review’ list shrinks at AM Best
Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association is no longer categorised as ‘under review with negative implications’ by AM Best, and has been assigned a financial...
Insight & Analysis: Eighty percent of liquidity disappeared from long bond future post 2...
Ten ticks’ depth of order book collapsed as liquidity providers fled unprecedented volatility, analysis from The DESK shows.
After an initial flight to safety on...
Rules & Ratings: Italy in “strong position” to weather tariffs, S&P says
S&P Global Ratings has raised its unsolicited long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings for Italy to BBB+, with a stable outlook. Short-term...
Insights & Analysis: Pricing freedom
The street is waiting anxiously for the announcement and impact of all the trade tariffs to be announced on 'Liberation Day’; the term the...
Rules & Ratings: Allianz SE maintains superior AM Best ratings
AM Best has affirmed Allianz SE’s financial strength and long-term issuer credit ratings as A+ (superior) and aa (superior).
The ratings account for both the...
Insights & Analysis: Central banks’ liquidity retreat heightens funding market risks
The European Central Bank's (ECB) latest briefing paper, 'Managing liquidity in a changing environment,' underscores the critical need for banks to adapt as central...
Rules & Ratings: Credit ratings up, outlook down for Greek government
Moody’s Ratings has upgraded the Greek Government’s long-term local currency (LC) and foreign currency (FC) issuer ratings from Ba1 to Baa3. However, the country’s...
Clearwater bets on portfolio visualisation services with dual purchase
Clearwater Analytics is acquiring two portfolio visualisation tools to offer a whole-portfolio view for clients across public and private markets.
Beacon provides cross-asset class modelling...
Insights & Analysis: BofA – Argentina’s global markets comeback imminent
Mid-term elections and an IMF agreement in Argentina this October could prompt the country’s return to global debt markets, Bank of America has predicted.
A...
Rules & Ratings: Industry groups clash on NBFI leverage regulation
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has been looking into risks around leverage in non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI) for a number of years. In 2023,...
