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ARCHIVE | Criteria | Financial Institutions | General: Credit Stress Testing Asia-Pacific Banks Jun 09
Standard & Poors, June 2009
Abstract
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services will be stress testing the credit profiles of rated banks in Asia-Pacific based on assumptions made and applied in accordance with the methodology for stress testing outlined in 'Credit Stress Testing For Financial Institutions,' published on April 29, 2009, on RatingsDirect at www.ratingsdirect.com and Standard & Poor's Web site at www.standardandpoors.com. This article helps market participants better understand our approach to reviewing stress testing and scenario analysis for Asia-Pacific banks. This article is part of a broad series of measures announced in 2008 to enhance our governance, analytics, dissemination of information, and investor education initiatives. These initiatives are aimed at augmenting our independence, strengthening the rating process, and increasing our transparency to better serve the...
Companies mentioned in this report are: Australia (Commonwealth of) (Unsolicited Ratings),New Zealand,Japan (Unsolicited Ratings),Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region),Malaysia,Thailand (Kingdom of),Korea (Republic of),Singapore (Republic of) (Unsolicited Ratings),Taiwan (Republic of China) (Unsolicited Ratings),India (Republic of) (Unsolicited Ratings),China (People's Republic of ),Indonesia (Republic of),Philippines (Republic of the)
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Research Type: Commentary
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