S&P: What's Behind The Recent Rating Actions On The Five Largest French Banks?

What's Behind The Recent Rating Actions On The Five Largest French Banks? (00:06:48 min)

In light of more challenging economic and funding market conditions, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services took various rating actions on the five largest banks in France. Additionally, Standard & Poor's has also revised the Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA) on France to Group 2 from the lower-risk Group 1. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Elisabeth Grandin, one of our senior analysts for European Banks, discusses the report related to these rating actions, which was published Oct. 14, 2011.

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