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2008-05-06
Fitch Ratings-London/Hong Kong-06 May 2008: Fitch Ratings will host a webcast on Thursday 8 May at 09:00BST/16:00HKT to discuss its updated rating methodology for corporate CDOs, which was launched on April 30. The criteria launch followed an extensive period of review and two-way consultation with market participants.
The call will be introduced by Phil McDuell, Head of Structured Credit for EMEA and Asia-Pacific. Ken Gill, Managing Director in Fitch's European Structured Credit group, will discuss the principal changes to the rating methodology, as well as the goal of achieving more predictive and stable ratings for corporate CDOs. Hong Kong-based Managing Director for Structured Credit Rachel Hardee will also participate on the call.
There will also be a slide presentation available during the webcast. A Q&A session will follow the
analysts' presentation. If you have any questions prior to the webcast, please submit them to
'warren.collocott@fitchratings.com'.
Participants are advised to dial-in 15 minutes ahead of the start of the webcast.
Teleconference Information
--Date: Thursday 8 May 2008
--Time: 09:00BST/16:00HKT
--UK: +44 1452 555 566
--Australia: 1800 020 199
--China North: 10800 712 1819
--China South: 10800 120 1813
--Hong Kong: 800 968 777
--Japan: 0044 2213 2475
--Singapore: 800 120 3988
--Taiwan: 0080 112 6902
-- Conference ID: 46087640
Webcast Information
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URL: '
https://webconnect.webex.com/webconnect/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=661727507'
--Event number: 661 727 507
--Event Passcode: 46087640
A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Fitch Ratings website at
'www.fitchratings.com' under the following headers:
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Contact: Karen Skinner, London, Tel: +4420 7417 6274; Ken Gill, +44 20 7417 6272; Phil
McDuell, +44 20 7417 3485; Rachel Hardee, Hong Kong, +852 2263 9918.
Media Relations: Julian Dennison, London, Tel: +44 20 7862 4080; Shivani Sundralingam,
Singapore, Tel: + 65 6796 7215.
Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such ratings are available on the agency's public
site, www.fitchratings.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this
site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall,
compliance and other relevant policies and procedures are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site.