SINGAPORE: The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic will weaken the key financial metrics of the Singapore banks at a time when they have limited rating headroom, says Fitch Ratings.
It had on Sunday placed the three major Singapore banks - all with "AA-" viability rating-driven issuer default ratings (IDRs) - on rating watch negative (RWN) in April 2020.
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