So the Landesbanks are under pressure from rating agencies and financial counterparties to demonstrate that they have profitable and sound underlying businesses.
Transocean has been struggling with a heavy debt load that has put pressure on its credit rating.
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Liabilities such as these, as well as pressure from credit-rating agencies, have led to an overhaul of Vivendi's balance sheet.
Trouble in raising cash could put the firm's current rating under pressure.
"The pressure on the US rating is increasing, " said Fitch's David Riley, adding that if there was no deal, there was a "material risk" of a downgrade.
Although it is under less pressure than Greece, Portugal's credit rating was downgraded this week.
Bank shares are under terrible pressure as Greece has been given a credit rating of CCC, which means no institution limited to investment grade paper can continue to hold it.
"However, weaker-than-expected growth and fiscal outturns in 2012 have increased pressure on the UK's 'AAA' rating, which has been on negative outlook since March 2012, " Fitch said in a statement, meaning it is still on review for a possible downgrade.
Although Norinchukin is not legally obliged to rescue them, it will come under political pressure to do so, weakening its deteriorating credit rating and so its ability to borrow internationally at what are by Japanese standards cheap rates in the markets.
The best that can be hoped for is that shareholders, rating agencies and the media will increase the pressure for boards to be more transparent, and thereby more answerable to their shareholders.
Adding to the pressure: Brigantine Advisors analyst Ramesh Misra this morning cut his rating on the stock to Hold from Buy.
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But the news of Mr Greenberg's departure has put pressure on AIG's top-notch (AAA) credit rating, much vaunted in company advertising to distinguish it from competitors.
Among other factors, the stock has come under pressure from new that Bernstein Research launched coverage of the stock with an Underperform rating.
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On February 24th, Moody's, another rating agency, said that some German life insurers will be under pressure for several years because of their weak capitalisation.
It has a large financial services division and has come under pressure in recent days on concerns that even it, with its triple-A credit rating, would have trouble selling short-term debt to fund those operations.
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