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Southeast Asia Fintech: Seeking a path to profitability amid rapid adoption

Fintech in Southeast Asia is gaining investor focus as fundraising levels reach record highs. The region’s young, underbanked population has driven a boom in fintech adoption. Fitch Ratings’ non-bank financial institutions analyst Elaine Koh discusses the sector’s likely evolution in the region.

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Universal Credit to offer alternative rating view

Universal Credit Rating Group, a new rating agency to be headquartered in Hong Kong, aims to offer an alternative to the big three raters.

July 10, 2013

Indonesia at BB+? Deutsche Bank makes the case

Martin Hohensee, Deutsche Bank's head of fixed-income research in Asia, thinks Indonesia can today be considered a BB+ credit.

September 02, 2009

A mixed outlook for Indonesia

Fitch lowers its outlook on the sovereign credit rating for Indonesia to stable from positive days after Standard & PoorÆs flip-flopped its rating the other way around.

February 15, 2006

Globe looks to an investment grade rating

Globe CFO Delfin Gonzalez discusses the strategy behind the telco''s latest international bond deal and his hopes for an investment grade rating.

March 27, 2002

Asian rating agencies to increase cooperation

Asian rating agencies will form an association later this year in an attempt to boost the accuracy of local ratings.

April 17, 2001

Komatsu's syndicated loan gets A3 rating from Moody's

Moody''s assigns, for the first time, a syndicated bank loan rating for a Japanese borrower in anticipation of an upsurge in syndicated loan activity in the Japanese market.

February 22, 2001

S&P launches new version of online credit rating and research service

RatingsDirect 2.0 promises greater ease of use and a more convenient alert function.

November 01, 2000

Schroders heads the pack on fiduciary risk rating

Schroders beat more than 50 managers in fiduciary risk control, but is still two rungs below the best rating.

June 23, 2000

Coface rating awaits uptake

Does French export credit insurer Coface have the answer to establishing trust and reliability in the B2B e-commerce marketplace?

May 25, 2000