B&B can’t hold off Moody’s downgrade
In brief: Moody’s today (Friday) downgraded Bradford & Bingley’s covered bonds to Aa1 over concerns that the bank’s proposals for raising the level of protection offered in terms of both expected loss and timely payment fall short of what is necessary to retain a triple-A.
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