This report sets out ESMA’s advice to the European Commission in respect of the equivalence between the US (Part I), Canada (Part II) and Australia (Part III) respective legal and supervisory frameworks and the EU regulatory regime for credit rating agencies. The equivalence assessment conducted by ESMA follows an objective-based approach, where the [...]
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Ending the dependence on rating agencies is a top priority for the Financial Stability Board, which coordinates the G20 financial policies. Rating agencies have been accused of contributing to the recent financial crisis by misjudging the creditworthiness of mortgage-backed securities. Their downgrading practice of sovereigns and corporations is said to amplify procyclicality and [...] Posted on March 25th, 2012
Publisher: ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) Topics: financial supervision, rating agencies This report provides an overview of ESMA’s supervisory activity on Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) registered in the European Union and summarises the results of ESMA’s first examination of the three groups of registered CRAs (Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Services, and Standard & Poor’s Rating Services). The examination referred to in this document [...] Posted on March 15th, 2012
Publisher: DAI (Deutsches Aktieninstitut) Topics: corporate governance, financial centers, rating agencies Contents: Editorial: Sustainability – the Topic of the Future Posted on March 4th, 2012
The EACT has commented on the latest EU proposals for regulation of credit rating agencies and the report of ECON in Parliament on these. The EACT believes that some of the measures proposed by the Commission would have material negative consequences on the use of ratings by corporate issuers, the real economy participants [...] 24 pages
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