Good to see you again. Glad you enjoy the Limes.T&T’s FCB won a country award at The Banker’s 2009 ceremony (link). First Citizens Bank Last year, Trinidad and Tobago was significantly affected by the meltdown of the largest conglomerate in the Caribbean, the CL Financial Group. This affected the whole of the local financial system [...]
S&P, which said today it was considering downgrading T&T’s sovereign credit rating, is also scrutinising the ratings of both First Citizens Bank and Republic Bank due to the fallout from the CL Financial bailout. Here are the statements, any emphasis/explanations mine: S&P: First Citizens Bank Ltd. ‘BBB+/A-2′ Rating Put On CreditWatch Negative ["CreditWatch Negative" means [...]
From a note issued by analysts at JP Morgan, emphasis mine: The Central Bank late on Friday announced that it would bail out a number of financial services companies—Clico Investment Bank (CIB), Clico Insurance Company (CLICO), British American Insurance Company (BAICO) and Caribbean Money Market Brokers (CMMB)—within the CL Financial Group, which have recently been [...]