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S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities.
This is a list of countries by credit rating, showing long-term foreign currency credit ratings for sovereign bonds as reported by the largest three major credit rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Fitch, and Moody's.
The Standard & Poor's rating scale uses uppercase letters and pluses and minuses. [13] The Moody's rating system uses numbers and lowercase letters as well as uppercase. While Moody's, S&P and Fitch Ratings control approximately 95% of the credit ratings business, [14] they are not the only rating agencies. DBRS's long-term ratings scale is ...
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's, a unit of McGraw-Hill (NYS: MHP) , has once again thrust itself into the spotlight with its downgrade of Google (NAS: GOOG) . Just seven business days after S&P ...
An Australian federal judge has ruled that credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's rating of "AAA" for two complex and risky securities was "misleading and deceptive." The securities, known as ...
S&P and Moody's are based in the US, while Fitch is dual-headquartered in New York City and London, and is controlled by Hearst. As of 2013 they hold a collective global market share of "roughly 95 percent" [1] with Moody's and Standard & Poor's having approximately 40% each, and Fitch around 15%. [2]
Credit rating is a highly concentrated industry with the "Big Three" credit rating agencies – Fitch Ratings, Moody's and Standard & Poor's (S&P) – controlling approximately 95% of the ratings business. [1] [2] Credit rating agencies registered as such with the SEC are "nationally recognized statistical rating organizations".
This is a list of U.S. states by credit rating, showing credit ratings for sovereign bonds as reported by the three major credit rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Fitch and Moody's. The list is given as of May 2021.