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Fri 11 Nov 2009ECB to tighten bank rating requirements
The European Central Bank will tighten its rating requirements for banks using asset-backed securities (ABS) as security in its lending operations, it said today.
From March 1st, 2010, new ABSs will require at least two ratings for newly-issued bonds to be eligible as collateral, the ECB said in a statement.
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