Browsing: Credit Research
Objective Ratings? I Said That?
04/25/2013
Standard & Poor’s weighed in with its initial response to the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit that its ratings on structured debt defrauded investors. Its 26-page motion to dismiss the Government’s ...
Standard & Soon to be Poor
02/07/2013
The Department of Justice’s 119 page complaint against Standard & Poor’s is a devastating depiction of S&P’s ratings of residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). S&P ...
Subprime Fraud Case Against Ratings Agencies To Move Forward
08/20/2012
New York, NY – Last week, a Manhattan US District Judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to hold S&P and Moody’s responsible for misleading investors about the safety of ...
Moody’s Buys Majority of Copal
11/21/2011
New York, NY – Early last week, New York-based ratings agency Moody’s Corp. acquired a majority stake in Indian research outsourcing firm Copal Partners for an undisclosed sum. The investment ...
Moody’s Buys Economy.com
11/22/2005
New York, NY – News last week that Moody’s Corp. had inked a deal to acquire Ecomony.com reflects the growing impetus of research companies to consolidate in the current environment. ...