The Role Of Credit Rating Agencies In Responsible Finance

Author : Daniel Cash
Publisher : Springer
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030037093

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The Role of Credit Rating Agencies in Responsible Finance by Daniel Cash Pdf

This Palgrave Pivot aims to examine the bourgeoning relationship between the Principles for Responsible Investment and the Credit Rating Industry. Since May of 2016, when the partnership was initially publicised, the PRI have endeavoured to incorporate Credit Rating Agencies into its initiative via its ‘ESG in Credit Ratings Initiative’, and have been working diligently to find, and create common ground between Credit Rating Agencies and Institutional Investors seeking to be more forward-looking in their investment approaches. However, in recent years the ‘Big Two’ Credit Rating Agencies – Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s – have finally received record fines for their conduct in the run-up to the Financial Crisis. There is a need, then, to examine the incorporation of the Credit Rating Agencies into such a progressive initiative. To achieve this objective, this book examines the field of ‘responsible investing’, the credit rating industry, and the power dynamic that exists between the rating industry, investors, and the PRI (via its ‘Initiative’).

Author : Muddassar Rasheed Malik
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 5 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783668879164

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The role of credit rating agencies. A blessing or a curse by Muddassar Rasheed Malik Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Economics - Finance, , course: Bank Financial Management, language: English, abstract: This report is examining the role of credit rating agencies and in further details arguments in its favor and against its favor are examined. In the beginning the role of credit rating agencies is defined and later methodological approaches to this topic are discussed, and afterwards, an analysis of pros and cons of credit rating agencies is conducted. To the end recommendations and suggestions to credit rating agencies for better performances are listed. Generally, credit rating agencies are playing vital role in markets and they united dispersed information comprehensively. Through this approach it is easier for investors or issuers to understand the real position of different concerns before taking any final decisions, beside this fact it is also in observation that credit rating agencies have some flaws which need to be addressed, like favoritism and unsolicited credit rating issuance. It is recommended to have transparency, scheduled active ratings and strict follow up with regulated authorities.

Author : Anonym
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640380237

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The Role of Rating Agencies in Structured Finance by Anonym Pdf

Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 2,2, European Business School - International University Schlo Reichartshausen Oestrich-Winkel, course: Introduction to Investment Banking, language: English, abstract: "There are two superpowers in the world ...] the United States and Moody's Bond Rating Service" - Thomas L. Friedman, NY Times The above statement by Thomas L. Friedman accentuates the importance of credit rating agencies (CRAs) in modern financial markets. As the past months have shown, Friedman's statement has held especially true for the role of CRAs in the structured finance market, where CRAs are currently being made responsible for playing an integral role in the emergence of one of the biggest financial crises of mankind: the subprime crisis. The role and the importance of CRAs in the structured finance market is the central topic of the following paper. To fully understand the impact of this issue on the worldwide financial markets, it is interesting to shed some light onto the dimensions of the structured finance market. The market is of considerable size given that outstanding structured finance securities in the United States amounted to 7.3 trillion US dollars in 2005 (Nomura, 2005) and have now grown to 9 trillion US dollars, which is more than two thirds of the United States GDP of 13.1 trillion US dollars in 2007 (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, BEA, 2007). More-over, these outstanding structured finance securities represent more than 30% of the total outstandings in the U.S. bond markets (Nomura, 2005). As these figure reveal, it is not surprising that complications in the core of the huge market of structured finance could potentially lead to a major destabilisation of the entire worldwide financial markets; a risk that was obviously underestimated for a long time and finally lead to the genesis of the sub-prime crisis. The role of CRAs in the structured finance market has long been debat

Author : Herwig M. Langohr,Patricia Langohr
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132277661

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The Rating Agencies and Their Credit Ratings by Herwig M. Langohr,Patricia Langohr Pdf

This title is a guide to ratings, the ratings industry, and the mechanics and economics of obtaining a rating. It sheds light on the role that the agencies play in the international financial markets.

Author : Richard M. Levich,Giovanni Majnoni,Carmen Reinhart
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461509998

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Ratings, Rating Agencies and the Global Financial System by Richard M. Levich,Giovanni Majnoni,Carmen Reinhart Pdf

Ratings, Rating Agencies and the Global Financial System brings together the research of economists at New York University and the University of Maryland, along with those from the private sector, government bodies, and other universities. The first section of the volume focuses on the historical origins of the credit rating business and its present day industrial organization structure. The second section presents several empirical studies crafted largely around individual firm-level or bank-level data. These studies examine (a) the relationship between ratings and the default and recovery experience of corporate borrowers, (b) the comparability of credit ratings made by domestic and foreign rating agencies, and (c) the usefulness of financial market indicators for rating banks, among other topics. In the third section, the record of sovereign credit ratings in predicting financial crises and the reaction of financial markets to changes in credit ratings is examined. The final section of the volume emphasizes policy issues now facing regulators and credit rating agencies.

Author : Herwig Langohr,Patricia Langohr
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470714355

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The Rating Agencies and Their Credit Ratings by Herwig Langohr,Patricia Langohr Pdf

Credit rating agencies play a critical role in capital markets, guiding the asset allocation of institutional investors as private capital moves freely around the world in search of the best trade-off between risk and return. However, they have also been strongly criticised for failing to spot the Asian crisis in the early 1990s, the Enron, WorldCom and Parmalat collapses in the early 2000s and finally for their ratings of subprime-related structured finance instruments and their role in the current financial crisis. This book is a guide to ratings, the ratings industry and the mechanics and economics of obtaining a rating. It sheds light on the role that the agencies play in the international financial markets. It avoids the sensationalist approach often associated with studies of rating scandals and the financial crisis, and instead provides an objective and critical analysis of the business of ratings. The book will be of practical use to any individual who has to deal with ratings and the ratings industry in their day-to-day job. Reviews "Rating agencies fulfil an important role in the capital markets, but given their power, they are frequently the object of criticism. Some of it is justified but most of it portrays a lack of understanding of their business. In their book The Rating Agencies and their Credit Ratings, Herwig and Patricia Langohr provide an excellent economic background to the role of rating agencies and also a thorough understanding of their business and the problems they face. I recommend this book to all those who have an interest in this somewhat arcane but extremely important area." -Robin Monro-Davies, Former CEO, Fitch Ratings. "At a time of unprecedented public and political scrutiny of the effectiveness and indeed the basic business model of the Credit Rating industry, and heightened concerns regarding the transparency and accountability of the leading agencies, this book provides a commendably comprehensive overview, and should provide invaluable assistance in the ongoing debate." -Rupert Atkinson, Managing Director, Head of Credit Advisory Group, Morgan Stanley and member of the SIFMA Rating Agency Task Force "The Langohrs have provided useful information in a field where one frequently finds only opinions or misconceptions. They supply a firm base from which to understand changes now underway. A well-read copy of this monograph should be close to the desk of every investor, issuer and financial regulator, legislator or commentator." -John Grout, Policy and Technical Director, The Association of Corporate Treasurers

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Credit ratings
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050470512

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The Role of Credit Rating Agencies in the Structured Finance Market by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises Pdf

Author : Andrea Miglionico
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : LAW
ISBN : 9781786439949

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The Governance of Credit Rating Agencies by Andrea Miglionico Pdf

The global crisis revealed that credit rating agencies (CRAs) are capable of bringing about potential distortions in the financial sector, thereby resulting in a reduction in market confidence which, in turn, influences negotiations and expectations. CRAs need to be held accountable for lack of transparency and inaccurate ratings, however the existing regulatory framework does not secure adequate investor protection. This book provides a new and important contribution to research in the area, at a crucial time in the debate around financial regulation and investment regimes.

Author : Daniel Cash
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030716936

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Sustainability Rating Agencies vs Credit Rating Agencies by Daniel Cash Pdf

This book details the difference between the two rating industries, but this difference is converging all the time. The concept of investing in a more responsible and sustainable manner is drawing in some of the world’s leading investors and, with it, regulations and policies are developing at the highest levels. However, the market is not getting what it needs to fully submit to the concept of responsible investing. It has called for more to be done from those tasked with injecting information into their processes, and two industries in particular have been identified as being natural partners. It has been suggested that they are on a collision course to serve the mainstream investor, and in this book, that collision course is contextualised, explained, presented, and finally its outcome predicted.

Author : Jan Pohlmann
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783668993914

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The role of credit rating agencies in the global financial system and the associated problems by Jan Pohlmann Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, , language: English, abstract: The objective of this seminar paper is to illuminate the work and role of credit rating agencies in the global financial system and to explain and understand the general criticism directed at them. In addition, their special part in the subprime crisis of 2008 will be analysed and an estimation will be made of how much responsibility they bear in the crisis.

Author : Ahmed Naciri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317634362

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Credit Rating Governance by Ahmed Naciri Pdf

Credit rating agencies play an essential role in the modern financial system and are relied on by creditors and investors on the market. In the recent financial crisis, their power and reliability were often questioned, yet a simple rating downgrade could threaten to bankrupt a whole country. This book examines the governance of credit rating agencies, as expressed by their ability to fairly, ethically and consistently assign higher rates to issuers having lesser default risks. However, factors such as the drive for increased revenue and market share, the inadequate business model, the inadequate methodology of assessing risk, opacity and inadequate internal monitoring have all been identified as critical governance failures for credit agencies. This book explores these issues, and proposes some potential solutions and improvements. This will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of corporate finance, finance, financial economics, risk management, investment management, and banking.

Author : Aline Darbellay,
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857939364

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Regulating Credit Rating Agencies by Aline Darbellay, Pdf

øŠAline Darbellay analyzes the obvious system relevance of credit rating agencies in depth and assesses the possible options for regulatory responses to this systemic issue. Thereby, the book is based on a fruitful comparative legal approach and formul

Author : Constantin Jäkel
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783640959402

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Rating Agencies and their role during the financial crisis by Constantin Jäkel Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: 1.3, Berlin School of Economics and Law, language: English, abstract: After the Asian crisis during the 1990s and the startling insolvencies of Enron and Parmalat, the recent financial crisis is one the most important trigger to raise doubt concerning the proper work of rating agencies. They are criticized because of their various conflicts of interest and obvious deficits in practicing their rating methods. The rating agencies should be jointly responsible for the emergence of the so-called bubble markets during the last couple of years. Because of these bubbles and their boom and burst effect, private as well as institutional investors lost enormous sums of assets and single countries were thrown into financial turmoil. Because of these facts, the discontent concerning the rating agencies grew. People took additional notice of their market power, which they only obtained because of their influence on the global capital flows and the use of ratings to regulate the financial markets. To particularize the issues, it is helpful to bring up the year 2007, when the delayed payments among the subprime loans became more frequent. This was due to the slower increase of the housing prices and the rising short-termed interest. Consequently, the rating agencies depreciated a lot of these structured financial products, many of which had received the highest seal of quality before (AAA). Those actions both led to a massive loss of confidence on the investors’ side and a remarkable decline of liquidity. The former market of securitization products no longer existed. Influenced by this development and because they were considerable involved in this securitization business, a lot of banks also got into this downstream. In the first part of this term paper I will present some general facts about the rating agencies including their history of origins. Afterwards I will mention the process of rating and the problems, which led to the misconduct during the crisis. This will also include a discussion concerning the IOSCO Code of Conduct and the deduced implications concerning the malfunction of the rating agencies. Last but not least I will give a conclusion and suggest some essential aspects which should be implemented from the rating agencies.

Author : Gianluca Mattarocci
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780124047365

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The Independence of Credit Rating Agencies by Gianluca Mattarocci Pdf

The Independence of Credit Rating Agencies focuses on the institutional and regulatory dynamics of these agencies, asking whether their business models give them enough independence to make viable judgments without risking their own profitability. Few have closely examined the analytical methods of credit rating agencies, even though their decisions can move markets, open or close the doors to capital, and bring down governments. The 2008 financial crisis highlighted their importance and their shortcomings, especially when they misjudged the structured financial products that precipitated the collapse of Bear Stearns and other companies. This book examines the roles played by rating agencies during the financial crisis, illuminating the differences between U.S. and European rating markets, and also considers subjects such as the history of rating agencies and the roles played by smaller agencies to present a well-rounded portrait. Reports on one of the key causes of the 2008 financial crisis: agencies that failed to understand how to analyze financial products Describes inherent business model and pricing conflicts that compromise the independence of credit rating agencies Reveals how rating agencies large and small, regulatory bodies, and vested interests interact in setting fees and policies

Author : Daniel Cash
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000961751

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A Modern Credit Rating Agency by Daniel Cash Pdf

This book aims to present a picture of one of the world’s leading credit rating agencies. Credited as being the first credit rating agency, Moody’s stands as the epitome of the rating sector and all that it effects. However, outside of internal and non-public histories compiled within the rating agency itself, the story of Moody’s has never been told, until now. However, this is not a historical book. Rather, this book paints a picture of Moody’s on a wider canvas that introduces the concept of rating to you, taking into account the origins of the sector, the competitive battles that formed the modern-day oligopoly, and the characters that have each taken their turn on sculpting the industry that, today, is critical to the modern economy. The book is a story of personable people who provided the market with what it needed, but it is more than that. It is a story of conflict, impact, strategy, and most of all the relationship between big business and modern society. Standing as the gatekeeper to the capital markets that form the core of modern society, Moody’s represents the very best of what the marketplace can produce, but also the very worst. This story takes in economic crises in the antebellum US, the Panics of the early 1900s, the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression and, of course, the Global Financial Crisis. It does this because, at the heart of each one was a member of the rating industry or the reporting industry that preceded it. Associated with almost any financial scandal you may care to remember the credit rating agencies, in their often-uncomfortable role as gatekeepers, have their fingerprints on most financial scandals and calamities. This book tells the story of the industry’s founding member.