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Creditability of Credit Rating Agencies
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013Credit rating is an "opinion regarding the creditworthiness of an entity, a debt or financial obligation, debt security, preferred share or other financial instrument, or of an issuer of such a debt or financial obligation, debt security, preferred share or other financial instrument, issued using an established and defined ranking system of rating ...
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Credit rating agencies during credit crunch
Review of Financial EconomicsAbstractIn this paper, we study whether credit rating agencies (CRAs), as they claim, follow the rating through‐the‐cycle approach as opposed to a pro‐cyclical approach. In particular, we compare the behavior of CRAs during the credit crunch and normal market conditions.
Ali Ebrahim Nejad +2 more
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2021
This chapter introduces the reader to the credit rating agencies and their development as an industry. A picture is painted of the agencies’ history, through to the modern day whereby the ‘Big Three’ rating agencies stand powerfully. The chapter also directs its focus to the movement of the credit rating agencies into the ESG field, by way of working ...
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This chapter introduces the reader to the credit rating agencies and their development as an industry. A picture is painted of the agencies’ history, through to the modern day whereby the ‘Big Three’ rating agencies stand powerfully. The chapter also directs its focus to the movement of the credit rating agencies into the ESG field, by way of working ...
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AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionThe CRAsThe role of CRAsCredit ratingsTaxonomy of ratingRegulation of CRAsConflicts of interestThe Importance of CompetitionRating MethodologiesGeneral principles of the rating processInput factors for the rating processGrading process for the rating agenciesRating ...
Rita L. D’Ecclesia, Vittorio Moriggia
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2015
Drawing upon the analyses in the previous chapters we now explore the “what ifs” of a national PCRA. The insights gleaned from the identification of functions and malfunctions, issues surrounding methods of assessing creditworthiness, the effectiveness of government, and regulatory capture are invoked to justify the existence, role(s) and the structure
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Drawing upon the analyses in the previous chapters we now explore the “what ifs” of a national PCRA. The insights gleaned from the identification of functions and malfunctions, issues surrounding methods of assessing creditworthiness, the effectiveness of government, and regulatory capture are invoked to justify the existence, role(s) and the structure
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2016
Credit rating agencies have come under increased scrutiny since the global financial crisis of 2007–2008, and they have been recognized as holding a key gatekeeping role in the capital markets. As such, an entire subtitle of the comprehensive Dodd-Frank Act—Subtitle C of Title IX—is dedicated to rating agency reform. In particular, given the importance
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Credit rating agencies have come under increased scrutiny since the global financial crisis of 2007–2008, and they have been recognized as holding a key gatekeeping role in the capital markets. As such, an entire subtitle of the comprehensive Dodd-Frank Act—Subtitle C of Title IX—is dedicated to rating agency reform. In particular, given the importance
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Why Credit Rating Agencies Exist
Economic Notes, 2015Although credit rating agencies exist and are important to the capital markets, there remains a question of why they should exist. Two standard theories are that rating agencies correct a problem of information asymmetry and that theyde factoregulate investments. These theories do not fully answer the question.
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