Credit rating agencies
A credit boost for traders
Clearing houses are emerging as a crucial function of energy trading exchanges. John Kennedy explains their importance in terms of a firm’s credit rating
Australian capital/asset ratios consistent with credit ratings, says S&P
MELBOURNE – The capital to asset ratios of the four major Australian banks, as measured by credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s own approaches, are consistent with the banks’ double A ratings, S&P said today.
Changes afoot at rating agencies
Rating agencies are under fire once again, this time for failing to anticipate Enron’s bankruptcy. But they are looking to improve their methodology. What do the changes mean for banks that will have to rely on their ratings under Basel II?
Openness essential to avoid Basel II Op Risk inconsistency, say credit-raters
Openness and disclosure between banks and global regulators will be "highly desirable, if not essential" if there are not to be major inconsistencies in setting operational risk charges after 2004.
A credit risk catwalk
Credit risk models