Raters

Raters should be able to rate - and when they call themselves "agencies," that should mean "agency" as in the EPA and not "agency" as in "ad agency."

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Fix Foreclosure Fraud With a Borrowers' Bill of Rights RJ 2011

China Raters Aim to Better Image Dagong Fires Back at SEC Longer-term yields have been rising at a faster clip than shorter-term rates, even as U.S. economic data have been improving and as market participants have moved up their expectations for an interest-rate increase from the Federal Reserve.

Yield-Curve Anomaly Suggests, to Some, a U.S. Ratings Downgrade Deborah Lynn Blumberg 2011

Earlier Raters Put U.S. on Notice S&P Says July Downgrade Possible Downgrades would raise funding costs for municipalities and government agencies, while money-market and pension funds that are mandated to hold certain levels of AAA-only assets could be forced to sell their Treasury holdings, depressing prices and triggering sales by other funds.

Markets Ponder Consequences of a Downgrade Mary Pilon 2011

Raters should be able to rate - and when they call themselves "agencies," that should mean "agency" as in the EPA and not "agency" as in "ad agency."

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Fix Foreclosure Fraud With a Borrowers' Bill of Rights RJ 2011

More Reid Criticizes Cantor as Debt Talks Stall Raters Put U.S. on Notice MarketBeat: Analysts React to Downgrade Threat Dimon: U.S. Default Would Cause 'Catastrophe' Politicians have been haggling over raising the country's $14.3 trillion borrowing limit in time for repayment deadlines next month, but were widely expected to have reached an agreement by now.

Cost of Protecting U.S. Debt Rises on Moody's Action Katy Burne 2011

Raters would have to provide standard definitions for information they provide on their websites, such as a common definition of default, so investors can more easily compare performance.

SEC Aims to Tighten the Rules on Raters Jessica Holzer 2011

To put the examples in the article "Raters Fail to See Defaults Coming" Money & Investing, Aug. 12 into perspective, all of the sovereign foreign-currency defaults cited took place while the sovereign was rated BB- or below for the preceding year.

We've Been Right on Sovereign Debt 2011

Securities regulation SEC Seeks More Disclosure On Issuers, Raters of ABS The Securities and Exchange Commission announced proposed changes to its securities regulation that would require issuers and raters of asset-backed securities, or ABS, to provide investors with additional disclosures.

Financial Briefing Book: Oct. 7 2010

Raters were lambasted in the wake of the financial crisis for assigning their highest ratings to questionable mortgage bonds in order to win business.

Rating Firms Disagree, Again, Over Residential-Mortgage Deal Jeannette Neumann 2011

Raters will have to take into consideration credible information that comes to their attention from a source other than the organizations being rated.

Chris Bowers: Why We Must Pass the Wall Street Reform Bill Chris Bowers 2010