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Credit Rating Agency

A company that provides investors with assessments of an investment's risk. The issuers of investments, especially debt securities, pay credit rating agencies to provide them with ratings. A high rating indicates low risk and may therefore encourage investors to buy a security. Additionally, banks may only invest in securities with a high rating from two or more credit rating agencies. The SEC recognizes 10 firms as credit rating agencies; Fitch, S&P, and Moody's are the three most prominent. However, the methods of credit ratings agencies have been subject to criticism. For example, most agencies gave high-risk mortgage-backed securities top ratings until they defaulted at the collapse of the housing bubble.

Rating Service

A company that evaluates preferred stocks and debt securities based on the likelihood of default. The ratings service provides an objective rating to the security; the rating is higher when the likelihood of default is lower. There are three main ratings services: Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's. Companies issuing new preferred stocks or debt securities pay one or more of the ratings services to have their securities rated. Banks are not allowed to invest in securities with ratings below a certain level. See also: Investment-grade, Junk.

rating agency

A company that evaluates the creditworthiness and strength of other companies and assigns a score to them,such as A,AA,and so on.

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Agence de notation
Agencia calificadora del riesgo crediticio
Agencia classificadora de risco de credito
Asset Quality
BB
Chief Credit Officer
Cliff Effect
CRA
credit bureau
Credit Quality
Credit Rating Agencies
Credit Rating Agency
credit reporting agency
Credit Watch
Crossover Credit
Downgrade
Downgrading
Fitch Investors Service
Fitch Ratings

When a credit rating agency is invited to rate takaful and retakaful insurance--which is happening with increasing regularity as their numbers grow--it has to consider the practical implications for its analysis of this Shariah-compliant concept of insurance.

Called to account by Islamic Banking & Finance

Byline: Manama RAM Rating Services Berhad (RAM Ratings), a leading credit rating agency in Asia, is exploring opportunities, particularly in the area of Islamic finance, to boost its presence in the Gulf region.

RAM Rating eyes Gulf expansion by TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain)

In 2006, Congress passed the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act that provided the SEC with authority to impose registration, recordkeeping, and reporting rules on credit rating agencies registered as Nationally Recognised Statistical Rating Organisations (NRSRO).

SEC puts squeeze on rating agencies by CPI Financial

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