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...As scrutiny of the bank increased, Metro was put on watch by Fitch earlier this week, with the rating agency pointing to rising risks to the lender’s business model, capital position and funding....
...Credit rating agency Fitch put Metro on negative watch on Wednesday, citing increased risks to its business model, capital position and funding....
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...Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com. Bonds Everywhere you look, long bond yields are busting out....
...We’re not sure, as of now, how significant either event is, but we welcome your thoughts: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
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...Fitch Ratings downgraded Southern Water’s credit rating on Friday, while maintaining a negative outlook, noting a number of challenges for the business including “high interest costs and a long-dated derivatives...
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...Rating agencies Fitch and S&P have cut SBB’s bond to junk status over concerns about its substantial short-term debt....
...The closest thing to timely data on subprime auto debt we’ve found is Fitch’s index of 60 day delinquencies in the subprime auto-backed securities they rate....
...Fitch downgraded the United States’ sovereign credit rating this week. Everybody agreed this was a silly thing to do....
...Now try this I was very sad to read about the death of Russell Norman, the restaurateur who reshaped much of the British food scene (his obituary by Harriet Fitch Little can be read here)....
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...Gillian Tett: Fitch’s downgrade of US government debt reveals America is being judged less like a developed country — and more as an emerging market....
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