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Oct 29, 2026
Werd BadawiHOST
And I am Warid Badawi for today's headlines.
Werd BadawiHOST
Apparently, Moody's has been fined.
Werd BadawiHOST
Is a $12 Tawuk sandwich too much? And we're going to go into the losses related to Riyadh Airport.
Abdul Majid AwanHOST
And the very first story, obviously, is the way financial regulators have just fined Moody's Investors Service, Middle East Limited, very long name, 82.15 million dirhams, basically, for failing to protect confidential information.
Abdul Majid AwanHOST
The Dubai Financial Services Authority, or DFSA, found that the credit rating agency, which operates in the Dubai International Financial Center, very famously known as DIFC, had inadequate systems to safeguard sensitive and market-moving information.
Werd BadawiHOST
So what exactly happened? Between December 2023 and May 2026, Moody's reported seven incidents of accidental data disclosure to the regulator.
Werd BadawiHOST
Four of these incidents involved confidential information being shared with external recipients.
Werd BadawiHOST
The DFSA also found that the company failed to adequately prevent employees from disclosing sensitive information.
Isabel PotgieterHOST
This differs from National Treasury's forecast that debt will fall from 78.4% in 2025-26, to 76.6% by 2029-30.
Isabel PotgieterHOST
Moody's also expects debt to decline, but warns that South Africa has limited room to absorb economic shocks.
Isabel PotgieterHOST
Moody's will review the country's rating on 27 November, followed by a fetch on 11 December.
Isabel PotgieterHOST
We now have the economist Professor Waldo Kriegel on the line with us.
Isabel PotgieterHOST
Professor Kriegel, there are certain lessons that South Africa can learn from France with regards to government data and fiscal consolidation.
Tony EdwardHOST
So this is really great for Ripple with, again, the distribution, the liquidity, the access to new customers and markets and more.
Tony EdwardHOST
now something that's really interesting moody's assigns investment grade ratings to ripple's rl usd stablecoin it says here they gave them an a2 long-term and p1 short-term deposit ratings citing credit quality and market value of its reserve assets Isn't this incredible? You have Moody's raiding stable coins.
Tony EdwardHOST
Go back, you know, six, seven years.
Tony EdwardHOST
Come on.
Tony EdwardHOST
Moody's was raiding traditional assets and products and more.
Tony EdwardHOST
Now they're raiding crypto.
Tony EdwardHOST
Just amazing how the times have changed.
Timothy AssiHOST
On the crypto side, Ethereum is down about 1.5% near $2,315, even with Fidelity clients buying $28 million worth.
Timothy AssiHOST
Ripple keeps stacking wins, with its RLUSD stablecoin now live on Coinbase, and Moody's handing it strong deposit ratings.
Timothy AssiHOST
Meanwhile, 33 big US companies, from Microsoft to JP Morgan, said no thanks to having their stocks tokenized on a planned OKEx and ICE exchange, and Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko fired back that they should go private then.
Timothy AssiHOST
Hyper Liquid Labs is unstaking 180,000 hype tokens for its team, Phantom is rolling prediction markets out to all US users, and Euronext suspended a brand new Zcash product on its very first trading day, which is quite the debut.
Brett CraigGUEST
Okay, what risk are you taking to do that? And I think that's concerning in market.
Brett CraigGUEST
You know, I come out of that public market where they had an S&P Fitch and Moody's rating and they're not foolproof either as we've seen during the GFC.
Brett CraigGUEST
But it gives a gauge on probabilities of defaults, loss given defaults and expected credit losses.
Brett CraigGUEST
And what we're trying to do here is take a portfolio-based approach where we understand the risk and where we let investors know there is no such thing as a zero-risk investment, but this is what we're willing to take and we think you're getting a return on a comparative risk basis over and above public markets.
Aswath DamodaranHOST
So I fly out to New York, and here's my first stop.
Aswath DamodaranHOST
I stop at Moody's or S&P, the ratings agencies.
Aswath DamodaranHOST
Ratings agencies are focused on default risk.
Aswath DamodaranHOST
They worry about you going bankrupt.
AtriocHOST
And they're in a tier with other countries that are rated like B or triple B or below, but they're still rated like AA three.
AtriocHOST
And there was this idea that Moody's was going to downgrade them and they just didn't, they just didn't do it.
AtriocHOST
And I think there's this idea like they're, they are the only one that's AAA three.
AtriocHOST
It's up in this area.
AtriocHOST
So like any reasonable person can see that they're borrowing.
AtriocHOST
Like they're not AAA three.
AtriocHOST
Everyone in the market knows they're not AAA three, but Moody's just saying we don't see it.
AtriocHOST
And yeah, So this is happening all over.
TallulahCORRESPONDENT
Thanks, Matthew.
TallulahCORRESPONDENT
Moody's rating of RLUSD is a major step for Ripple, especially in the eyes of institutional investors.
TallulahCORRESPONDENT
The A2 long-term deposit rating and Prime 1 short-term grade reflect a strong credit signal, though it's important to note that these ratings are not interchangeable.
TallulahCORRESPONDENT
They cover different time horizons, with A2 being investment grade, but not at the very top, and Prime1 being the highest short-term rating.
TallulahCORRESPONDENT
nor do they specify the next rating review date.
TallulahCORRESPONDENT
And how does this compare to other ratings in the market? Moody's deposit ratings differ from S&P Global's stability scores for stablecoins like USDC and USDT.
TallulahCORRESPONDENT
These scales are not directly comparable, but Moody's ratings offer a credit signal that may assist institutions in evaluating RLUSD.
TallulahCORRESPONDENT
However, the full impact on transaction volumes or new bank mandates remains to be seen.
John BatchelorHOST
and Japan's economy is vital to the U.S. and to the Pacific Rim, and certainly to the mood on all the markets.
John BatchelorHOST
Moody's sees positive shift in Japan's growth.
John BatchelorHOST
Resilience remains key test.
John BatchelorHOST
This is Reuters out of London in the last hours.
John BatchelorHOST
Moody's sees encouraging signs in Japan's return to sustained growth and stable inflation.
John BatchelorHOST
But a key test...
John BatchelorHOST
but a key test will be whether that resilience can withstand future shocks, according to the rating agency.
John BatchelorHOST
and Japan's economy is vital to the U.S. and to the Pacific Rim, and certainly to the mood on all the markets.
John BatchelorHOST
Moody's sees positive shift in Japan's growth.
John BatchelorHOST
Resilience remains key test.
John BatchelorHOST
This is Reuters out of London in the last hours.
John BatchelorHOST
Moody's sees encouraging signs in Japan's return to sustained growth and stable inflation.
John BatchelorHOST
But a key test will be whether that resilience can withstand future shocks, according to the rating agency.
John BatchelorHOST
How do you measure Japan's confidence right now in the recovery from the long deflationary period? Good day to you, Lance.
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