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  2. SEC fines six major credit rating agencies over failure to ...

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    Moody’s, S&P Global Ratings, Fitch Ratings, and HR Ratings de México agreed to conduct a comprehensive review of policies regarding retention of electronic communications.

  3. Big Three (credit rating agencies) - Wikipedia

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    The Big Three credit rating agencies are S&P Global Ratings (S&P), Moody's, and Fitch Group. S&P and Moody's are based in the US, while Fitch is dual-headquartered in New York City and London, and is controlled by Hearst. As of 2013 they hold a collective global market share of "roughly 95 percent" [1] with Moody's and Standard & Poor's having ...

  4. Behind the $4 Trillion in CDOs: Sneaky Banks and Worthless ...

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    Ratings agencies were paid "a small piece of the deal (typically 3.5 to 6 basis points [100 basis points = 1%] of the issue size)," explains Rutledge. "Law firms expected to earn about $1 million ...

  5. Credit rating agencies and the subprime crisis - Wikipedia

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    source: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States, p.229, figure 11.4 Credit rating agencies came under scrutiny following the mortgage crisis for giving investment-grade, "money safe" ratings to securitized mortgages (in the form of securities known as mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized debt obligations ...

  6. List of countries by credit rating - Wikipedia

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    For Fitch, a bond is considered investment grade if its credit rating is BBB− or higher. Bonds rated BB+ and below are considered to be speculative grade, sometimes also referred to as "junk" bonds. [104] Fitch Ratings typically does not assign outlooks to sovereign ratings below B− (CCC and lower) or modifiers.

  7. Moody's, S&P, Fitch May Face New Competition for Debt Ratings

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    Sean Egan, principal at Egan-Jones Ratings Co., a. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help ...

  8. Credit rating - Wikipedia

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    The Standard & Poor's rating scale uses uppercase letters and pluses and minuses. [13] The Moody's rating system uses numbers and lowercase letters as well as uppercase. While Moody's, S&P and Fitch Ratings control approximately 95% of the credit ratings business, [14] they are not the only rating agencies. DBRS's long-term ratings scale is ...

  9. List of U.S. states by credit rating - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of U.S. states by credit rating, showing credit ratings for sovereign bonds as reported by the three major credit rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Fitch and Moody's. The list is given as of May 2021.