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5 Feb 2013, 8:13 am
McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Financial Services, LLC (C.D. [read post]
17 Jul 2011, 4:44 am by Glenn Reynolds
CHANGE: S&P Raises State of Ohio’s Credit Rating; Cites GOP Governor Kasich’s Whining About His Predecessor and His Budget, But Mostly His Budget. “Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services upgraded Ohio’s debt rating just one day after it put the United States on ‘creditwatch negative’ on what it calls a rising risk of policy stalemate in the debt limit negotiations. [read post]
22 Apr 2014, 2:06 pm by Paul Caron
Following up on yesterday's post, Moody's Downgrades Vermont Law School's Bonds to Junk Status: National Law Journal, Independent Law Schools Suffer Credit-Ratings Slips: Vermont was the latest stand-alone law school to take a hit from a credit-rating service; in December, Standard & Poor’s concluded that they are especially vulnerable. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 3:07 am
As you may know, many of the major bond insurance firms in the municipal bond market have either seen their ratings down-graded or placed on negative credit watch or outlook by the leading municipal credit rating services (Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings). [read post]
20 Sep 2007, 4:21 pm
A major reason for the fall of even sound securities has been that those who previously relied on credit rating agencies Moody's and Standard and Poor's had been betrayed. [read post]
18 Sep 2009, 8:39 am
The Wall Street Journal recently reported on a federal district court decision that could pave the way for future lawsuits by investors against credit rating firms such as Moody's, Standard & Poors and Fitch, whose ratings of junk investments as investment grade have come under fire by Congress. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 9:46 am by Daniel Robertson
On February 2, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services settled claims brought by the Department of Justice, 19 states and the District of Columbia related to credit ratings it issued and maintained for RMBS and CDOs before the financial crisis. [read post]
12 May 2010, 5:00 am by Doug Cornelius
We all know that credit agencies did a poor job of rating CDOs. [read post]
26 Sep 2007, 4:50 am
Executives from Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s were scheduled to appear Wednesday before a Senate committee to answer questions about whether their firms helped set the stage for the recent crisis in the subprime-related credit markets. [read post]
3 May 2012, 1:18 pm by Stikeman Elliott LLP
., and StandardPoor's Rating Services (Canada) as designated rating organizations under National Instrument 25-101 Designated Rating Organizations. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 12:44 pm by structuredsettlements
Fallout from the Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowering of its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America to ‘AA+’ incudes rating agency action on 10 U.S. [read post]
26 Nov 2012, 1:14 am
In the Australian case of Bathurst Regional Council v Local Government Financial Services Pty Ltd (No 5) [2012] FCA 1200, the Australian Federal Court held Standard & Poor's (S&P) to be jointly liable with ABN Amro Bank NV and Local Government Financial Services for losses suffered by 13 local councils, who had invested in complex credit derivatives that had been rated 'AAA' (the highest possible rating) by… [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 11:48 am
The $5 billion-a-year ratings agency industry, led by Standard & Poor's and Moody's, has in recent months come under heightened scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic for failing to adequately warn investors of risks underlying mortgage-backed securities tied to subprime loans. [read post]
17 Aug 2010, 11:50 am
 The standard for liability for the non-experts (i.e., the directors and underwriters) is lower for so-called "expertized" portions of a registration statement, where the experts themselves have the higher standard for liability. [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 6:59 am
Standard & Poors   issued new credit ratings on Peach Holdings, the parent of cash now pusher Peachtree Settlement Funding on August 26, 2009.As stated on the Standard & Poors website, an obligation rated 'CCC' is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and is dependent upon favorable business,financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 4:53 am by Glenn Reynolds
Moody’s Investor Service, the credit rating agency, will fire a warning shot at the US on Monday, saying that unless the country gets public finances into better shape than the Obama administration projects there would be “downward pressure” on its triple A credit rating. [read post]
15 Jan 2016, 2:14 pm by D. Daxton White
According to Street Insider, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service revised the outlook for Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE: PAA) from stable to negative. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 8:06 am by Molly Foley-Healy
CNNMoney has just reported that Standard and Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P") has downgraded the credit rating of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from a triple A rating to AA+. [read post]