This short note explores the formal introduction of the leading credit rating agencies into the field of sustainable finance and all that comes with that moniker. In 2016, the leading agencies announced their plans to incorporate ‘Environmental, Social, and Governance' concerns into their...

Recently, the European Securities and Markets Authority has aimed to reinvigorate its efforts to enforce the increase in competition within the credit rating industry. The Supervisory Provisions aim to explain, in precise detail, the rules and regulations for ‘Sectoral Competent Authorities'...

With 2016 providing arguably the most politically tumultuous year in recent history, the need for vigilance in the marketplace has never been greater. The proximity to the recent Financial Crisis means that any undeserved leniency now may have dramatic and irreversible effects. In this short...

Credit rating in China has been, since the 1980s, the domain of domestic credit rating agencies. Now, however, the Chinese Government has allowed a global CRA into its country for the very first time. This raises a number of important questions about how that assimilation may work in reality,...

Purpose: Sigma Ratings is a new entrant to the AML marketplace and seeks to alleviate some of the inherent flaws within the AML regime. This paper exists to examine those flaws and ask whether Sigma may succeed in this bourgeoning marketplace.Design/Methodology: This paper is based upon a...

This article asks whether the Credit Rating Agencies may be able to play a greater role in the approach taken by companies with regards to explaining why they deviate from Corporate Governance Codes. With it being identified that there is a potential issue with companies passively disclosing why...

In response to the decision by British voters to leave the European Union in the recent referendum, this article discusses what may lie ahead for the regulation of the credit rating industry in the U.K. With the withdrawal from the Union meaning that the U.K. must now establish its own distinct...

The International Non-Profit Credit Rating Agency (INCRA) is an attempt to alter the way in which the economy approaches the rating of debt. By advancing a non-profit ideal, based upon long-term considerations, the agency hopes to penetrate an industry that has been widely recognised as being...