1. Introduction to the world of credit rating -- 2. Credit rating agencies : who they are and what they do -- 3. The big 3 : the global credit market gatekeepers -- 4. Credit rating agencies' methodologies, metrics and rating accuracy -- 5. Ordinal credit ratings : the threat to rating accuracy...

Preface -- Introduction to the book -- General sample and general methodology -- Sovereign credit universe -- Macroeconomic environment of sovereign default -- The history of sovereign ratings and the emergence of the three major sovereign credit agencies -- Agencies methodology to sovereign...

Corporate governance and corporate strategy -- Corporate governance : the voluntary and the legal frameworks -- The board of directors and corporate governance -- The standing committees of the board of directors and corporate governance -- Internal control and corporate governance -- Risk...