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Fitch Ratings believes that a decision to seek debt restructuring under the Common Framework (CF) for Debt Treatments announced last November by the G20 and the Paris Club is unlikely to be compatible with a rating higher than ‘CCC’. This has been reflected in our decision to downgrade Ethiopia’s rating to ‘CCC’, from ‘B’/Negative, this ...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read The S&P Global logo is displayed on its offices in the financial district in New York City, U.S., on December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo (Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings on Friday downgraded Ethiopia’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘B-’ from ‘B’ on potential debt restructuring, announcing the move days after Fitch Ratings downgraded the country. “Exacerbated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ethio...

3 Min Read LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Rating agency Fitch is likely to downgrade any country that follows Ethiopia and applies to use a new debt relief programme from the G20 group of major economies, one of its top analysts said on Thursday. Fitch chopped Ethiopia’s credit score by two notches this week after Addis Ababa signalled it could be the first with an international government bond to use a new G20 ‘Common Framework’ plan. The scheme, which is open to over 70 of the world’s poo...

Rating agency Fitch is likely to downgrade any country that follows Ethiopia and applies to use a new debt relief programme from the G20 group of major economies, one of its top analysts said on Thursday.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Recent regulatory developments of interest to insurers and their intermediaries. Includes the UK FCA latest expectations of firms following the BI insurance test case, and more.  Contents Pre-existing medical conditions: BIBA travel insurance directory Supervision of control functions: IAIS consults on draft Application Paper COVID-19: FCA Dear CEO letter on BI insurance test case and outcome table On 22 and 29 January 2021, the FCA ...

Ethiopia May Engage Private Creditors After Debt Review Simon Marks, Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia may approach private creditors for debt talks after it reviews liabilities with official lenders amid security risks that are adding to investors’ worries. The nation’s Eurobonds plunged the most on record last week after State Minister of Finance Eyob Tekalign said the government will seek to restructure its external debt under a Group of 20 debt-suspension program. With no det...

Friday, January 29, 2021 In our December edition of Experience Insurance, we reported on the Annual Conference of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). We now turn our international lens to recent international activity related to insurance insolvency policy, or in the international vernacular, “resolution” policy. International Association of Insurance Supervisors In 2019, the IAIS adopted the Insurance Core Principles (ICPs) and Common Framework for the...

Date Time Share Digital and green economic recovery topped agenda at first G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies meeting The meeting was also the occasion to present programs and priorities of the various G20 financial working groups. January 25th, 2021 Today, Monday 25 January, high-ranking officials from the G20 Finance track membership, together with representatives from guest countries and international and regional organisations, gathered virtually for a two-day Finance and Central Bank D...

IMF raises global economic growth projection for 2021 The group forecasts growth for 2021 at 5.5 per cent as against 5.2 per cent. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has in its latest World Economic Outlook has projected global growth for 2021 to be 5.5 per cent as against 5.2 per cent it forecast in October 2020. Gita Gopinath, chief economist of the fund, said this during a media conference on Tuesday in Washington D. C at the release of the January update on the WEO with revised growth f...

SHARE The International Monetary Fund revised upward its growth estimate for the global economy this year as countries roll out Covid-19 vaccines and the world’s largest economies provide additional support that will strengthen economic activity in the latter part of the year. The global economy is now set to grow 5.5 per cent this year, 0.3 per cent more than what the fund estimated in October, following a 3.5 per cent contraction in 2020 that paralysed the travel industry, disrupted trade, ...