Northern Rock support adds cheer to ratings recap
The UK government’s extension of guarantees relating to Northern Rock obligations on 18 December was seen as good news for covered bondholders. Moody’s downgraded Northern Rock’s bank financial strength rating from D+ to E+, but said that the extension “further underpins the Aa3 bank deposit and senior debt ratings”.
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