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    • Monday, 1 October, 2018
      Banks
      Fitch downgrades 20 Turkish banks
    • Wednesday, 29 August, 2018
      Property sector
      Moody’s withdraws WeWork ratings citing lack of information

      Office space provider had only paid S&P and Fitch for credit rating in April

    • Wednesday, 22 August, 2018
      Markets InsightCapital markets
      Ten years after Lehman collapse few lessons have been heeded

      Rating agencies still wield huge influence and investment executives remain unaccountable

    • Friday, 17 August, 2018
      Financial & markets regulation
      China suspends major credit ratings agency Dagong
    • Thursday, 16 August, 2018
      Brexit
      UK faces rising chance of disorderly Brexit, Fitch warns

      Rating agency scales back expectations of transition deal, citing political divisions

    • Monday, 2 July, 2018
      Banks
      World’s first ‘integrity rating’ agency launched

      Sigma Ratings to publish data focused on 500 financial groups in 16 emerging markets

    • Thursday, 14 June, 2018
      FTfmRobert Pozen
      EU’s attempt to tackle ‘ratings shopping’ is falling short

      Investors need protection from practice blamed for contributing to credit boom

    • Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
      beyondbrics
      Sanctions are a game changer for Russian assets

      Rating agencies should rethink country’s investment grade

    • Saturday, 31 March, 2018
      US & Canadian companies
      Morningstar ratings prompted $533bn of fund flows last year

      Study shows star system has bigger impact than a fund’s total return or strategy

    • Thursday, 15 March, 2018
      LexUS & Canadian companies
      Global rating agencies: creditable Premium content

      Bond spreads still react to downgrades and changes to outlooks

    • Thursday, 8 March, 2018
      World
      Moody’s downgrades Turkish debt

      US rating agency cites ‘faltering institutional strength’ as main reason for cut

    • Monday, 27 November, 2017
      The Short ViewJonathan Wheatley
      South Africa survives Moody’s downgrade to face a bigger threat

      Low borrowing costs give Pretoria the veneer of resilience

    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2017
      Capital markets
      Syngenta’s $7bn bond sale hinges on settlement funding plan

      Investors wary of suits over sale of GM corn seeds before China approval secured

    • Friday, 22 September, 2017
      UK downgraded by Moody’s amid Brexit pressures
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2017
      Fund management
      Fund rating groups challenged to reveal performance

      Fundhouse breaks ranks and reveals how often products it reviewed beat the market

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2017
      Insurance
      Anbang unit’s credit rating downgraded after premiums fall

      Latest setback for Chinese conglomerate whose chairman is presumed to be in detention

    • Monday, 31 July, 2017
      Frank Partnoy
      The sequel to the global financial crisis is here

      High credit ratings have hidden a structural instability, writes Frank Partnoy

    • Monday, 31 July, 2017
      UK consumer credit
      Outlook darkens for UK debt collateral

      Moody’s stance turns negative on loans bundled into asset-backed securities

    • Monday, 12 June, 2017
      Political risk and investment
      Election result threatens UK credit rating, Moody’s warns

      Rating agency says minority government poses risk to Brexit and public finances

    • Friday, 2 June, 2017
      The Top LineBrooke Masters
      Light touch regime for rating agencies needs greater transparency

      Regulator has levied just three fines — and none in the corporate sector

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2017
      European companies
      Moody’s fined €1.24m over transparency failures

      EU markets watchdog penalises rating agency for ‘negligent’ rule breaches

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2017
      Global Economy
      EU regulator fines Moody’s €1.24m for breaching credit rating rules
    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2017
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      China’s downgrade reaction jars with moves to open bond market

      Action by Moody’s draws criticism even as Beijing seeks to lure foreign investors

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2017
      FT AlphavilleDavid Keohane
      Snap AV: IF China’s credit rating downgrade mattered
    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2017
      Sovereign bonds
      China’s sovereign debt downgraded by Moody’s

      Beijing condemns rating agency decision that could curb foreign appetite for bonds

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