{"id":71445,"date":"2026-10-21T16:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/?p=71445"},"modified":"2026-10-21T16:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:38:15","slug":"fitch-ratings-raises-igds-outlook-from-stable-to-positive-and-confirms-its-bbb-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/en\/fitch-ratings-raises-igds-outlook-from-stable-to-positive-and-confirms-its-bbb-rating\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitch Ratings raises IGD\u2019s outlook from Stable to Positive and confirms its \u201cBBB-\u201d rating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IGD &#8211; Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione SIIQ S.p.A.<\/strong>, one of Italy&#8217;s leading players in ownership and management of shopping centres, listed on the Euronext STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange, announces that <strong>Fitch Ratings Ltd. has affirmed the Company\u2019s long-term debt rating at BBB- and upgraded the outlook from Stable to Positive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Improved operating performance, combined with the maintenance of strict financial discipline, contributed to the confirmation of the rating and the upward revision of the outlook.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The positive outlook also reflects expectations that the planned disposal program, a restrained investment policy, and disciplined management of dividend distributions will contribute to a further strengthening of IGD\u2019s financial profile.<\/p>\n<p>The agency\u2019s assessment takes into account the improvement in the operational performance of the real estate portfolio, driven by increasingly active asset management, with high occupancy rates and a weighted average lease to earliest-break (WALB) that is gradually improving.<\/p>\n<p>Fitch Ratings first assigned IGD a BBB- rating with a Stable Outlook in October 2019, recognizing the strength of the company\u2019s business model and the quality of its real estate portfolio. Since then, <strong>the investment-grade rating has been consistently affirmed<\/strong>, even amid macroeconomic and financial conditions marked by significant challenges, reflecting IGD\u2019s operational resilience and its ability to maintain its economic and financial profile.<\/p>\n<p>The press release issued by Fitch Ratings can be found at the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitchratings.com\/site\/pr\/10363003\">https:\/\/www.fitchratings.com\/site\/pr\/10363003<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IGD &#8211; Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione SIIQ S.p.A., one of Italy&#8217;s leading players in ownership and management of shopping centres, listed on the Euronext STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange, announces that Fitch Ratings Ltd. has affirmed the Company\u2019s long-term debt rating at BBB- and upgraded the outlook from Stable to Positive. Improved operating performance, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-price-sensitive-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71448,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71445\/revisions\/71448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}