Russia: S&P improves TMK rating

S&P Global Ratings has improved the TMK rating to the Stable. The agency has also confirmed the company long-term ratings in foreign and local currency on the level of B+. “The Stable forecast shows our expectation of the company to continue making efforts to decrease the share of loan funds”, the agency said. According to…

Russia: Fitch downgrades outlook for ChelPipe’s BB- rating to Negative

Global rating agency Fitch has downgraded outlook for a BB- long-term issuer’s default rating of Russia’s Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant, or ChelPipe, to Negative from Stable, it said in a statement. The Negative outlook reflects Fitch’s wariness about ChelPipe’s ability to reduce liabilities and the overall debt to funds from operations (FFO) ratio from 4x at…