Premier Brown Meets With Standards & Poors
Premier Dr. Ewart Brown met with representatives of financial analysts Standards & Poor’s yesterday [May 4] at the Cabinet Building. Representing Standards and Poors was Nikola Swann, Director of Public Finance Sovereign Ratings and Trevor Cullinan Associate Director of Sovereign Ratings.
The Premier said:
Bermuda’s AA rating is on par with Japan and other developed countries. Our debt matrix is good and Bermuda has a long history of stable governments. We welcome Standard and Poor’s representatives to Bermuda and will continue to take all necessary steps to maintain our standards as a world class jurisdiction.
Standard & Poor’s is a global leader in providing ratings and credit-related services for sovereign, sovereign-supported entities and supranational issuers. Bermuda is ranked approximately the same as nations including Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada and Finland. You can view all their nation rankings here.
