Red-State AGs Call Out Credit-Rating Companies Over ESG April 30, 2026 By Olivia Raimonde A group of state attorneys general wrote to the US Securities and Exchange Commission and major credit-rating firms, raising concerns...
New Global Ratings Agency to Vie with Moody’s, S&P, Fitch November 13, 2013 Credit ratings organisations from five countries are launching a new global agency, touting it as an alternative to the Big...
Bipartisan Senators Ask SEC for Action on Credit Rating Agency Pay May 14, 2013 By Sarah N. Lynch A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators urged federal securities regulators to move quickly on fundamental changes to how credit-rating agencies...
Court Finds Rating Agencies Not Liable on Toxic Mortgages December 4, 2012 By Jonathan Stempel Major credit rating agencies won a fresh legal victory on Monday when a federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit by...
Connecticut Urges Other States to Sue Credit Rating Agencies March 8, 2012 By Karen Freifeld Connecticut officials are encouraging other states to consider suing credit-rating agencies that gave high grades to risky mortgage-backed securities that...
EU Slams Rating Agencies after Portugal Downgrade July 7, 2011 By Gilbert Reilhac and Annika Breidthardt European politicians accused credit rating agencies on Wednesday of anti-European bias after Moody’s downgrade of Portugal’s debt to “junk” cast...