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Moody's may downgrade Merrill Lynch

By Sue Chang Last update: 11:21 a.m. EDT April 17, 2008Print RSS Disable Live Quotes

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Moody's Investors Service on Thursday placed Merrill Lynch and Co.'s (MER:Merrill Lynch %26 Co., Inc Long-term ratings of A1 and its subsidiaries on review for downgrade and affirmed the financial firm's short-term ratings of Prime-1. The review is in response to continued deteriorating conditions in the mortgage market and the increased expected losses on Merrill's portfolio of super-senior collateralized debt obligations and related guarantor hedges as measured in Moody's stress tests. "Management at Merrill Lynch is focusing on the right issues for the rating -- liquidity, capital and de-risking the balance sheet, however the mortgage market is not cooperating" said Peter Nerby, a senior vice-president at Moody's

 

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