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Credit rating agencies (CRAs) play a prominent role in today's global financial markets. Although approaches may differ across jurisdictions, investment managers often use the services of CRAs to form an opinion on the creditworthiness of a particular issuer before purchasing...
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The FSB has drawn up the following principles to reduce reliance on CRA ratings in standards, laws and regulations. Reducing reliance in this way will reduce the financial stability-threatening herding and cliff effects that currently arise from CRA rating thresholds being hard-wired...