IOSCO standards For general information on the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), see Practice Note: International Organization of Securities...
Role The role of credit rating agents (CRAs) is to provide an objective and analytical opinion on the risk of payment defaults by looking at various factors that help...
Rating agencies and their role Rating agencies provide a credit rating for the issuers of debt securities for public or private use. Issuers whether they be corporate,...
CRA Regulation—background The Credit Rating Agencies Regulation (EC) 1060/2009 (the CRA Regulation) is the core EU legislation relating to Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs)...
Ratings outlooks and watch-lists The three main credit rating agents (CRAs), Moody's Investors, Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Fitch Ratings, periodically review ratings....
What is a credit rating agency methodology? A credit rating agency (CRA) methodology is the body of practices, procedures and rules applied by a CRA when issuing or...
The CRA III Regulation (Regulation 462/2013) (also referred to as CRA 3) is a regulation published in the Official Journal of the European Union in May 2013 that amended...