These aren’t particularly happy days for the world’s key rating agencies, and Canada’s own DBRS Ltd. has certainly been served its own portion of misery. The Toronto-based firm took a blow to its reputation — some say deserved, others say not — over its role in the asset-backed commercial paper fiasco that hit the Canadian […]
Weaker U.S. economy will contribute to a higher proportion of downgrades in 2008
Rating agency advocating greater transparency for investors in the structured finance markets
Continuing expansion of Barclays Capital might expose the group to greater risks and earnings volatility
Credit outlook is cautions with a greater percentage of debt issuers on review for downgrade
Growing risk of systemic risk, Fitch says
Committee of European Securities Regulators says this is an added incentive to pursue its work on rating agencies
Canada will continue to reap the benefits of high oil prices
Credit ratings confirmed after BNS buys Chilean bank
Seven firms may represent themselves as Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations