Okay, so maybe that’s not entirely fair. The SEC has signed off on some new rules and proposed some additional ones to try to temper conflict of interest at the companies that told us all those ...
Credit rating agencies such as Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), and Fitch are pivotal in the global financial landscape. They assess the creditworthiness of countries, corporations, and financial ...
You hear a lot about the credit scores of individual consumers and how that affects their borrowing power. But what you might not realize is that governments have credit ratings, too. Similar to those ...
NEW YORK, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Lambasting credit rating agencies is a favorite pastime of many debt market participants. However, self-interest appears to drive many of the most common criticisms, and ...
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 18 (Reuters) - A panel of Africa experts on Tuesday urged the Group of 20 major economies to step up oversight of credit rating agencies, which they accused of using flawed and ...