Ratings agencies

The US ratings agencies say that if the acquisition of Novobanco by French group BPCE is successfully completed, then it will likely increase the bank’s rating. In a note sent to the securities [...]

The Canadian ratings agency Morningstar DBRS has increased the long term rating on Banco Montepio’s non-guaranteed senior bonds to BBB (low), taking them from ‘junk’ status to investment grade. [...]

The Canadian ratings agency DBRS has weighed in on Sunday’s election results by saying that the Democratic Alliance (AD) win gives more force to continued sound economic and budgetary policies [...]

Portugal’s bank Millennium bcp has informed the securities regulator CMVM that its covered bonds will no longer be rated by the Canadian ratings agency Morningstar DBRS at its own request as of [...]

The US ratings agency Fitch decided on Friday not to change Portugal’s rating which remains at ‘A’ , with a positive outlook despite the recent government crisis resulting in the dissolution of [...]

The US ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) said this week that early elections will have no impact on the rest of Portugal’s macroeconomic situation, stressing that its [...]

The US ratings agency Standard & Poor’s raised Portugal’s rating on Friday from A- to A with a positive outlook and could put the rating up again over the next two years. In a press release [...]

The ratings agency Moody’s has improved the ratings of seven Portuguese banks because of “improved operational conditions” in Portugal which led to Portugal’s macroeconomic rating being raised to [...]

Improved public accounts in the last few years have put Portugal in a comfortable position despite political instability, say leading financial ratings agencies. Both Fitch and DBRS have [...]

The US ratings agency Fitch has raised the long-term rating of Portuguese insurer Fidelidade to ‘A’. In a note sent to newsrooms, it highlighted the insurer’s solid profile, robust [...]