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Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization
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Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization
A credit rating agency that the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States uses for regulatory purposes. Credit rating agencies provide assessments of an investment's risk. The issuers of investments, especially debt securities, pay credit rating agencies to provide them with ratings. Investments must receive a high rating from two or more nationally recognized statistical ratings organizations before banks in the United States may purchase them. There are 10 nationally recognized statistical ratings organization; Fitch, S&P, and Moody's are the three most prominent.


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Conflict-of-interest and NRSRO registration rules take effect on April 10, 2009; new record-keeping and disclosure rules take effect on Aug.
To receive a NRSRO qualification, an entity must be aenationally recognised as an issuer of credible and reliable ratings by the predominant users of securities ratings.
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