Browsing: Fixed Income Research
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Shipping Industry Specialist Drewry Adds Debt Research
02/10/2017
Drewry Financial Research Services, the investment research affiliate of global shipping consultancy Drewry, launched a credit research service to complement its existing equity research coverage of the global maritime sector. ...
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High Yield Specialist Lucror Analytics Adds 2 LatAm Analysts
02/10/2017
Credit research firm Lucror Analytics is expanding its high yield coverage to Latin America with two new hires. Josseline Jenssen, based in Lima, Peru, joins the firm after 22 years ...
Moody’s Agrees to $864 mln Settlement for Inflated Ratings
01/16/2017
Last week, New York-based credit ratings, research, and analytical tools provider, Moody’s Corp. agreed to pay close to $864 mln to settle federal and state allegations that the firm inflated ...
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SEC Report Shows Major Credit Rating Agencies Still Dominate
12/30/2016
A decade after passage of the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006, the top three ratings agencies control over 96% of all the ratings outstanding and over 90% of ...
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Moody’s Buys Minority Stake in German Rating Agency
09/30/2016
Moody’s Corporation agreed to acquire a 4.99% stake in German rating agency Euler Hermes Rating GmbH in a bid to expand ratings coverage of small- and medium-sized companies in Europe. ...
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Morningstar Approved to Rate Corporate Debt
09/01/2016
Chicago-based Morningstar, Inc.’s credit rating subsidiary was recently granted “national recognized statistical rating organization” (NRSRO) status by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and approved to rate the debt of companies ...
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RBS Downsizes Fixed Income Research As MiFID II Looms
07/13/2016
Industry sources are telling us that a small number of investment banks are planning to provide fixed income research post-MiFID II with the expectation of being paid cash, even as ...
Morningstar Hires Nomura’s Head of CMBS Research
06/27/2016
Last week, Chicago-based data, research and analytics firm – Morningstar, Inc. – hired Nomura’s head of CMBS research to lead the structured finance initiatives of its credit ratings group.
Morningstar’s New ...
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Goldman Cuts US Fixed Income Research
05/06/2016
As part of its most recent downsizing, Goldman Sachs is restructuring its U.S. credit-research team within the bank’s global investment-research unit, eliminating seven from the team of 35, according to ...
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Cowen Buys CRT’s Fixed Income Business
03/23/2016
Cowen Group, a mid-sized NY investment bank, acquired the fixed income research, sales and trading businesses of CRT Capital, which has now pivoted away from its core business since its ...