Southern European Corporates Face Little Risk of Sovereign Contagion
Posted on May 18, 2010 at 10:45 AM EDT
Fitch Ratings says most rated corporate bond issuers in Greece, Portugal and Spain face little near-term refinance risk given existing cash balances, recent bond market access and existing committed bank lines with at least two years to run. “Where liquidity risk is apparent, existing credit ratings already reflect this.” In terms of banks’ ability and [...]