Moody's Rating

Lenders that had "substantial" unrealized securities losses and uninsured deposits may be hurt more as customers look for safer alternatives to park their funds

Closing gender gaps in both labour force participation and management in OECD countries has potential to raise global economic activity by 7%, or about $7 trn in today's dollars, said Moody's

Affirmation of APSEZ's issuer ratings considers the company's strong market position as the largest port developer and operator in India by cargo volume and its strong liquidity and financial profile

Moody's Investor Service on Friday revised downwards the rating outlook on four Adani Group companies to negative from stable after a significant and rapid decline in market value following a report by US-based short seller Hindenburg Research. In a statement, Moody's said the rating outlook for Adani Green Energy Ltd, Adani Green Energy Restricted Group, Adani Transmission Step-One Ltd and Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd has been changed to negative from stable. "These rating actions follow the significant and rapid decline in the market equity values of the Adani Group companies following the recent release of a report from a short-seller highlighting governance concerns in the Group," it said.

Domestic banks may become main source of funding for conglomerate if its access to int'l markets is curtailed

The asset quality of Indian banks and those in Southeast Asian countries will be stable in 2023, said Moody's Investors Service in its latest report on the banking sector in emerging markets

Vedanta Resources, the holding company of India's Vedanta Limited, on November 7 terminated the Moody's rating services after the latter downgraded the company's ratings amid debt concerns

Persistently weak liquidity, high refinancing needs triggers rating action

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Pakistan's local and foreign currency and senior unsecured debt ratings to Caa1 from B3, citing increased government liquidity and external vulnerability risks

Moody's cut Pakistan's sovereign credit rating on Thursday by one notch to Caa1 from B3, citing increased government liquidity and external vulnerability risks in the wake of devastating floods

Says credit profile reflects strengths like large and diversified economy, but warns that country is highly exposed to climate change events

Global credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service reduced the 2022 real gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for G-20 countries to 2.5 per cent from 3.1 per cent made in May

Affirms Baa3 deposit ratings of both Indian private sector lenders; outlook on ratings for both banks, where applicable, remains stable

Have buffers to withstand further 10-15 per cent depreciation

In its update to Global Macro Outlook 2022-23, Moody's said high-frequency data suggests that the growth momentum from December quarter 2021 carried through into the first four months this year

The Moody's affirmation is driven by Indiabulls' strong capital, comfortable liquidity, declining profitability and weak asset quality

The ability of the second largest global ratings agency to assess an upside and downside before events make everyone wise about India has been dismal for a long time

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Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Ba3 rating to Adani Green Energy's proposed USD senior secured notes.

Fragile external liquidity position raises the risk of default