As you may be aware, the credit ratings of a number of financial institutions were recently downgraded.
The table below shows current credit ratings, following the recent downgrades by ratings agencies as at 18 May 2012:
Financial institution |
Fitch Ratings |
Moody's Investor Services Limited |
Standard & Poor's |
Investec Bank plc |
BBB- |
Baa3 |
– |
Barclays Bank plc |
A |
Aa3 |
A+ |
HSBC Bank plc |
AA |
Aa2 |
AA- |
Nationwide Building Society |
A+ |
A2 |
A+ |
Santander UK plc |
A+ |
A2 |
A |
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc |
A |
A2 |
A |
Lloyds TSB Bank plc |
A |
A1 |
A |
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