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Moody's Investors Service

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Moody's Investors Service
A leading global credit rating, research and risk analysis firm.

Moody's Investors Service
A financial services company that primarily offers credit ratings for different kinds of bonds. That is, it serves as a credit ratings agency and a research firm. It is one of only ten firms the SEC recognizes as a credit rating agency; though, like other CRAs, its methods have been subject to criticism. For example, it gave the nation of Iceland a near top rating until its bankruptcy in 2008. It is based in New York and was established in 1909.

Moody's Investors Service
A leading firm engaged in credit rating, risk analysis, and research of fixed-income securities and their issuers. Moody's ratings help investors judge the credit risks of investing in fixed-income securities. The financial publications department of Moody's was spun off in 1998 to form a new company. See also Mergent, Inc.


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Byline: Dana El Baltaji Summary: Moody's Investors Service, an international rating agency, has a 'negative outlook' of the region's property sector forC* Moody's Investors Service, an international rating agency, has a 'negative outlook' of the region's property sector for the next 12-18 months it said in a report titled 'Arabian Gulf Real Estate Market Industry Outlook.
Moody's Investors Service said it cut Jamaica's foreign- and local-currency ratings, citing heightened credit risks posed by the Government's defense of the exchange rate and its increased debt load, reports Reuters (May 27, 2003).
TOKYO, April 24 Kyodo Moody's Investors Service on Monday shrugged off speculation that the U.
 
 
 
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