Risk.net

No smoke without fire

Editor's blog

The rating agencies have suffered a bad press and a good deal of finger pointing since the subprime crisis broke last year. And this is set to increase thanks to a new report released on Tuesday by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The report reveals the extent of the conflicts of interest in the rating of residential mortgage backed securities and collateralised debt obligations by the credit rating agencies.

Extracts from anonymous analysts’ emails reproduced in the SEC report

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@risk.net or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.risk.net/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Risk.net? View our subscription options

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Risk.net account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account here