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India's growth, external profile solid buffers against turbulence: S&P

More severe conditions could put pressure on its sovereign credit ratings, says agency

S&P affirms Kerala's 'BB-/B' rating, gives outlook stable to state

Deficits resulting from spending on socio-economic programmes constrain ratings for the state: Agency

S&P to include hacking risks in credit rating of Asia-Pacific banks

Negative ratings momentum could result in jurisdictions where the entire industry suffers serious data breaches repeatedly, or where regulators are particularly lax, the agency said

S&P projects India's FY23 GDP growth at 7.3%, pegs inflation above 6%

S&P Global Ratings on Monday projected India's economic growth at 7.3 per cent in the current fiscal with downside risks and said inflation is likely to remain above RBI's upper tolerance threshold of 6 per cent till the end of 2022. In its Economic Outlook for Asia Pacific, S&P said India's growth next year will get support from domestic demand recovery after the coronavirus pandemic. "We have retained our India growth outlook at 7.3 per cent for the fiscal year 2022-2023 and 6.5 per cent for the next fiscal year, although we see the risks tilted to the downside," it said. Other agencies have cut India's GDP growth forecast amid higher inflation and rising policy interest rates. Earlier this month, Fitch Ratings slashed the growth estimate to 7 per cent for the current fiscal from 7.8 per cent pegged earlier. India Ratings & Research too had reduced its projections to 6.9 per cent from 7 per cent earlier. Asian Development Bank has cut the projection to 7 per cent from ...

S&P affirms State Bank of India's 'BBB-' rating on improving asset quality

The rating agency also affirmed the short-term issuer credit rating 'A-3' and maintained stable outlook for the rating

Intense competition may shrink margins of gold loan firms, says S&P

Manappuram, Muthoot not facing refinancing challenge yet

S&P affirms sovereign ratings for Bangladesh; outlook remains stable

Bangladesh has an elevated current account deficit and declining foreign exchange reserves, said the rating agency.

S&P affirms ANI Technologies' 'B-' rating on sufficient liquidity

ANI Technologies Pte Ltd is scaling back its growth aspirations in loss-making segments to reduce capital requirements

S&P downgrades outlook on Pakistan's long-term ratings to 'negative'

The global economic slowdown poses fresh risks to Pakistan's post-pandemic recovery

S&P lowers Sri Lanka's sovereign rating to "Select Default" grade

Country misses Sovereign Bond interest payments

Heavy capex preventing deleveraging by Indian renewable energy firms: S&P

Renewables are economically competitive with traditional fuels and benefit from ambitious energy-transition targets in India

S&P lowers Sri Lanka's sovereign rating to 'CC' indicating looming default

Suspension of external debt servicing by country triggers action

Governance, transparency in Indian banks weak by global standards: S&P

The lack of improvement in risk management and corporate governance in the coming growth cycle could produce a new crop of sour loans, the rating agency said

S&P upgrades Glenmark to 'BB' on expectation of conservative debt levels

The outlook is stable reflecting the view that Glenmark will maintain its financial policy such that its FFO-to-debt ratio will remain comfortably above 30%, S&P said

Stock pros are as hedged as ever under record-smashing S&P rally

Big institutions are still paying a decent premium to hedge the S&P 500 Index compared with how tranquil the benchmark has actually been lately

S&P upgrades Manappuram Finance's long term rating from 'B+' to 'BB-'

S&P expects that Manappuram Finance will continue to perform better than its NBFC peers over the next 12 months

Standard and Poors affirms BB/B ratings on IDBI Bank with negative outlook

S & P Global Ratings has affirmed BB long-term and B short-term foreign currency issuer credit ratings on IDBI Bank.It also affirmed BB programme rating on the senior unsecured notes under its medium-term notes (MTN) programme and then withdrew the ratings at the bank's request.S & P said the outlook was negative at the time of withdrawal. "We affirmed the ratings because we expect IDBI Bank's improving financial performance to offset the risk of bank's weakening link with the government."The Union Cabinet has approved strategic disinvestment along with the transfer of management control in IDBI Bank. "We considered this as a key transition risk for the rating over the next 12 to 18 months."The high uncertainty associated with an eventual timeline of divestment raises further transition risk. S & P said the strategic sale in IDBI Bank will likely be challenging in the current year owing to the bank's low equity valuation and wary investor sentiment under Covid-19.S & P

S&P Global Ratings affirms BB/B ratings on IDBI Bank with negative outlook

S & P Global Ratings has affirmed BB long-term and B short-term foreign currency issuer credit ratings on IDBI Bank.It also affirmed BB programme rating on the senior unsecured notes under its medium-term notes (MTN) programme and then withdrew the ratings at the bank's request.S & P said the outlook was negative at the time of withdrawal. "We affirmed the ratings because we expect IDBI Bank's improving financial performance to offset the risk of bank's weakening link with the government."The Union Cabinet has approved strategic disinvestment along with the transfer of management control in IDBI Bank. "We considered this as a key transition risk for the rating over the next 12 to 18 months."The high uncertainty associated with an eventual timeline of divestment raises further transition risk. S & P said the strategic sale in IDBI Bank will likely be challenging in the current year owing to the bank's low equity valuation and wary investor sentiment under Covid-19.S & P

Cyberattacks could trigger more rating actions on banks, says S&P

The banking sector is becoming more exposed to cybercrime after the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated digitalization and remote working

Climate-change linked downgrades could cost countries $270 billion-a-year

The estimates comes amid warnings by policy makers from around the world that financial markets are underpricing the risk of climate change on asset prices, with potentially costly future corrections