Fitch Ratings-Barcelona/London-05 March 2009: Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Confederacion Espanola de Cajas de Ahorros’s (CECA) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘AA-’ (AA minus), its Short-term IDR at ‘F1+’, Support Rating at ‘2′ and Support Rating Floor at ‘BBB’.
Fitch Ratings-London-05 March 2009: Fitch Ratings has today downgraded Capmark Services (Ireland) Limited and Capmark Services UK Limited’s (together Capmark) UK Commercial Mortgage Primary and Special Servicer ratings to ‘CPS2+’ and ‘CSS2′ from ‘CPS1-(minus)’ and ‘CSS2+’, respectively.
Fitch Ratings-London-05 March 2009: Fitch Ratings says today that a proposed IMF loan facility for USD540m would support the adjustment of Armenia’s economy in the face of a global and regional economic shock, and support the outlook for its sovereign ratings.
Fitch Ratings-London/Milan-04 March 2009: Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Italy-based Cassa Depositi e Prestiti’s (CDP) Long-term Issuer Default Rating ( IDR) at ‘AA-’ (AA minus) with a Stable Outlook, Short-term IDR ‘F1+’, Support Rating ‘1′ and Support Rating Floor at ‘AA-’ (AA minus).
Fitch Ratings-London-02 March 2009: Fitch Ratings has today affirmed the Republic of Hungary’s Long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) at ‘BBB’, Long-term local currency IDR at ‘BBB+’ and revised the Outlooks on both Long-term IDRs to Negative from Stable.
Fitch Ratings is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Evan Hale as Managing Director, Head of Fitch Asia-Pacific. Evan Hale joins Fitch from Fidelity where he developed his career in Canada, the
Fitch Ratings-Frankfurt/London-27 February 2009: Fitch Ratings has today assigned SPESSART 2009-1 GmbH’s EUR1,637,500,000 class A floating rate notes ( ISIN: DE000A0XE8M0), due 2052, a ‘AA’ rating with a Stable Outlook.
Fitch Ratings-London-27 February 2009: Fitch Ratings has today upgraded Sagres STC – Explorer 2004’s (Sagres) class N floating-rate notes, placed class O on Rating Watch Positive (RWP), and affirmed the ratings of the other note classes.