Sovereign Ratings Downgrades Require Scrutiny – OECD
However, market-based measures of sovereign risk–such as borrowing costs, or the cost of protecting sovereign debt against default with credit default swaps–have also been judged as unreliable. "Since the track-record of 'sovereign risk pricing' is …
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New BoJ Governor Will Have To Be Even More Aggressive Now
A hung parliament after elections in Italy earlier this week and a rebound in sovereign borrowing costs have increased the chances of a debt default on a scale that could prove catastrophic for the single currency. All this has brought an immediate …
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Will Lifestyle Holdings succeed?
International investors have been citing high sovereign risk as the major hindrance, hence the incorporation of TNHLI in Mauritius on December 19, 2012 to manage or reduce the risk. However, case studies of companies that have been incorporated as far …
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