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Expansion manageable: S&P upgrades RIL to 'BBB+' over greater clarity

Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL) strategy to diversify and dominate a number of industries will boost spending and will also help mitigate its elevated capex needs, rating agencies said on Wednesday. While S&P Global Ratings said it believes that "the company's appetite for bigger investments or M&As will dissipate", Fitch Group company CreditSights said its "credit metrics to worsen moderately in FY24 (April 2023 to March 2024 fiscal) versus FY23 as elevated capex (telecom, retail and renewable energy) outweighs resilient EBITDA growth." S&P said RIL's adjusted debt will likely remain at Rs 2.6 lakh crore to Rs 2.7 lakh crore over the next two years. "This is due to a number of planned investments under its pipeline, including 5G services, oil refining and petrochemicals, renewables, and retail expansion." "In our view, the company remains committed to maintaining leverage commensurate with the rating (BBB+/Stable/--)," it said. "Management has publicly reiterated its ...

Met coal prices may fall; rate correction to help Indian steel makers: S&P

S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday said it is expecting a significant fall in rates of metallurgical coal and Indian steel makers are to benefit from the price correction. "We expect lower seaborne met coal prices will help Indian steel mills, as they import 70 per cent of their total requirement," S&P Global Ratings credit analyst Anshuman Bharati said. The agency estimates that a sharp fall in seaborne metallurgical coal prices will improve cash flow and ease pressure on Indian steel producers, he said. "Our price assumptions are much lower than the average price of USD 370/tonne in 2022 and spot price of about USD 300/tonne. This is partly because we expect the supply constraints in Australia to ease over the next few months as adverse weather becomes less frequent," Bharati said. Indian steel producers are generally the most sensitive to seaborne met coal prices, as opposed to iron ore prices. This reflects India's status as the world's top importer of met coal and the fact .

S&P 500 dips, Treasury yields fall as soft data fuels recession worries

The Nasdaq joined the S&P 500 in the red, while defensive stocks helped buoy the Dow into positive territory, while 10-year Treasury yields extended their decline, touching levels last seen in Sept

S&P keeps India's economic growth forecast unchanged at 6% in FY24

S&P Global Ratings on Monday kept its forecast for India's economic growth unchanged at 6 per cent in the fiscal year starting April 1, before rising to 6.9 per cent in the following year. In the quarterly economic update for Asia-Pacific, S&P saw inflation rate easing to 5 per cent in 2023-24 fiscal, from 6.8 per cent in the current financial year. It saw India's gross domestic product (GDP) likely growing by 7 per cent in the current financial year ending March 31 (2022-23), before slowing to 6 per cent in the next 2023-24 fiscal. "India leads, with average growth of 7 per cent in 2024-2026," the update said. GDP is projected to rise to 6.9 per cent in the following two financial years -- 2024-25 and 2025-26 and rising to 7.1 per cent in 2026-27. "In India, domestic demand has traditionally led the economy. But it has become more sensitive to the global cycle lately, in part due to rising commodity exports; and its year-on-year GDP growth slowed to 4.4 per cent in the fourth

Indian banks can endure global banking turmoil fallout: S&P Global Ratings

S&P also said Indian banks had sufficient buffers to withstand losses on their sizable government securities portfolio due to rising interest rates

S&P affirms Adani International Container Terminal's issue rating at 'BBB-'

S&P said AICTPL's debt is fully secured and has cash flow waterfalls that prioritise operating expenditure and debt service over distributions

S&P puts Adani Transmission's ESG rating under review on governance issues

Will closely monitor developments, including any investigations by the Indian regulators and any additional disclosures by the Adani group, S&P said in a statement

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Budget slow on fiscal consolidation, ambitious on revenue target: S&P

According to the monthly Asia-Pacific Credit Focus, the govt will also look to cap subsidy expenditure in the upcoming year, against a surprise rise in FY23 owing to surging fertilizer and food prices

Adani Wilmar to be dropped from S&P BSE IPO indices: Asia Index Pvt Ltd

(Reuters) - Asia Index Pvt Ltd said on Friday Adani Wilmar Ltd will be dropped from the S&P BSE IPO index.

Vedanta Resources' liquidity depends on $2 bn fundraising: S&P report

Sustaining after September 2023 would depend on completing one of two key transactions

Declining core inflation limits need for further rate hikes by RBI: S&P

S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday said core inflation in India has been declining sequentially, and an elevated 6.25 per cent policy rate limits the need for further rate hikes. The Reserve Bank has increased the short-term lending rate by 225 basis points since May last year to contain inflation, mostly driven by external factors, especially global supply chain disruption, following the Russia-Ukraine war outbreak. The policy rate now stands at 6.25 per cent. The RBI's rate-setting panel - Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) - will decide on the interest rate on Wednesday. "In India, core inflation has been elevated for longer; however, it eased sequentially in the second half of 2022. An already elevated 6.25 per cent policy rate limits the need for further increases," S&P said in a report. The RBI has been tasked to ensure that retail inflation remains at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent. However, external factors have led retail inflation to remain above the upper tolerance .

S&P withdraws Twitter's credit rating due to lack of sufficient information

Twitter's massive about $13 billion debt load was funded directly by banks led by Morgan Stanley when Musk's $44 billion acquisition of the social media giant closed

S&P Global Ratings lowers India's FY23 GDP growth forecast to 7%

Says domestic demand recovery will support growth

S-P upgrades Axis Bank's long term issuer rating from 'BB+' to 'BBB-'

The upgrade reflects Indian private lender's good asset quality and expectation that the bank will maintain it over the next one to two years

Rated Indian infrastructure firms most exposed to currency risk: S&P

Much of corporate portfolio has dollar-linked revenue and is not exposed to rupee depreciation

S&P cuts Credit Suisse's rating to one level above junk bond status

S&P cut its rating one notch to BBB- and reduced its view on main operating unit Credit Suisse AG

S&P Global withdraws rating of Adani Transmission at firm's request

S&P Global Ratings withdrew its rating for Adani Transmission Ltd., ending an assessment of barely investment grade at the company's request

India's growth, external profile solid buffers against turbulence: S&P

More severe conditions could put pressure on its sovereign credit ratings, says agency

S&P upgrades Greenko Energy to 'BB-' on improving business position

Greenko Energy Holdings' stabilising operating performance with greater resource diversity and manageable execution risk for pumped storage projects will strengthen its business position, S&P said