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HBS Working Knowledge
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Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies Competition in credit ratings forces raters to favor issuers. This is contrary to the interest of those who rely on ratings to make investment decisions or to regulate.   |
Registered Rep.
October 8, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
Brokerage Firms Continued Recommending Floundering Companies: Weiss Survey A surprising 74% of the 62 brokerage firms that follow companies that filed for bankruptcy protection between May 1 and Aug. 31 continued to recommend those companies to investors even as they were seeking protection. |
CFO
June 1, 2010
Randy Myers |
Ratings Disaster Congress takes another stab at reforming the credit-rating agencies, whose AAA seal of approval helped fuel the subprime crisis. But will any change truly make a difference? |
CIO
November 1, 2005
China Martens |
Thumbs Up for that Open-Source App A university, a startup and Intel are pushing for a standard model to rate open-source software. the objective? To provide users with a better sense of whether the more than 100,000 open-source projects available today are fit for their particular purpose. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
A Game Changer for Mutual Funds Morningstar announces a new analyst ratings system that could have meaningful implications for the mutual fund world. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
Lynn Hume |
The Bond Buyer SEC Votes on Rules for Rating Agencies: The proposed rules would implement provisions of the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006, which Congress approved and President Bush signed to foster increased competition, transparency and accountability among rating agencies. |
InternetNews
November 16, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft Looks to Buddy List in EU Spat Microsoft called on other companies to weigh in with U.S. Department of Justice. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
Lynn Hume |
Bond Buyer The U.S. House of Representatives easily passed legislation designed to foster competition, transparency and accountability in the credit rating industry. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
Over Rated? The subprime fiasco has put corporate credit-ratings on thin ice. |
CIO
May 15, 2003
Scott Berinato |
The Bugs Stop Here Don't blame Microsoft. Don't blame the hackers. Blame yourself for insecure software. Better yet, stop blaming and start moving toward operational excellence. |
Technology Research News
July 2, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Recommenders can skew results Just how accurate are the recommender systems online media sellers use to allow buyers to pass on their judgments about books, movies and CDs to their fellow consumers? Researchers have shown that the way recommender systems are set up can affect the opinions they evoke. |
Registered Rep.
January 28, 2003 |
Weiss Study: Analyst Community Still a "Sell" Out A study of the ratings systems at 30 brokerage firms showed significant improvement in their identification of companies heading into bankruptcy. On the down side, though, a surprising number continue to recommend companies right up to the day they file for Chapter 11. |
Investment Advisor
April 2009
Marlene Y. Satter |
The Outlook: Negative, but Sound In the second half of 2008, Fitch Ratings moved its ratings outlook for most insurance regions and sectors globally to negative. |
Investment Advisor
November 2007
Melanie Waddell |
On the Agenda: Insurance and Ratings Congress looks at insurance reform and the subprime mess. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2009
Anand Chokkavelu |
Morningstar Has a AAA-Rated Plan Morningstar announced today that it's getting into the credit rating business. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 13, 2012
Maggie Starvish |
HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's dominated the credit ratings industry for decades. Could the recession weaken their hold? |
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Marlene Y. Satter |
Morningstar to Rate 529 Plans Morningstar, which has researched 529 plans for years, is now adding a qualitative rating system for the plans, and quantitative ratings on 529 options within the plans. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2008
Saibal Saha |
"Sell" Is a 4-Letter Word Wall Street analysts hate to put down stocks, but praising everything doesn't help either. Merrill Lynch is taking steps to change the system. |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2010
Alan J. Foxman |
Do You Always Have A Right To An Attorney In Arbitration? Q&A: Rights to attorneys in arbitration... Is giving the client a bond's rating enough when it comes to disclosing risks?... |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
S&P Being Taken to the Woodshed The ratings agency will have to answer the SEC's questions about CDO ratings fiasco. |
CFO
January 1, 2003 |
Credit Watch S&P's Leo O'Neill to SEC: We are not the watchdogs. |
