The ratings agencies' highly complex models failed to take into account the possibility of a broad nationwide decline in housing prices and how that would impact the performance of the bonds.
Moody's, also with the other two major credit rating agencies, were criticized for helping exacerbate the eurozone sovereign debt crisis by aggressively downgrading sovereign credit ratings of countries like France and Austria.
The OCR is required to review the performance of the agencies on an annual basis and can fine or de-register them if necessary. Moody's Investors Service.
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Global banks or their investment banks often claim that it is important to diversify their investor base, be it companies or governments, to lower the risk of a narrow set buying into such borrowing programmes and posing a risk of selling or pulling out.
India has been an outlier on this count. It has not issued a bond or raised money directly in the international market so far, which means that to a good extent, a downgrade has limited impact. Rather, the impact is felt almost fully by private firms or state-owned companies which raise foreign currency funds. In the past, Indian policymakers with long memories had stymied attempts to issue a sovereign bond or borrow from the international market directly.
And one of the reasons for that has been what they perceive as the alleged bias of credit ratings agencies. Consider this. In , when India announced that it had carried out nuclear tests in Pokhran, the ratings agencies were quick to react again, impacting borrowings. The government and the RBI then decided to ignore these agencies and raised billions in foreign exchange through bonds issued by the SBI in two tranches.
It helped that the government did not have foreign borrowings. And for long, the Indian government did not engage much with credit ratings agencies in trying to change perceptions.
This was until after or so onwards, with the growth uptick that lasted for well over six years. Credit ratings agencies have taken a knock after the global financial crisis of , when they were exposed after the collapse of highly rated banks and other institutions.
B Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk. Caa Obligations rated Caa are judged to be of poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk. Ca Obligations rated Ca are highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default, with some prospect of recovery in principal and interest.
C Obligations rated C are the lowest-rated class of bonds and are typically in default, with little prospect for recovery of principal and interest. Themodifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates amid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.
Moody's short-term ratings, unlike our long-term ratings, apply to an individual issuer's capacity to repay all short-term obligations rather than to specific short-term borrowing programs. P-1 Issuers or supporting institutions rated Prime-1 have a superior ability to repay short-term debt obligations. P-2 Issuers or supporting institutions rated Prime-2 have a strong ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
P-3 Issuers or supporting institutions rated Prime-3 have an acceptable ability to repay short-term obligations. NP Issuers or supporting institutions rated Not Prime do not fall within any of the Prime rating categories. Note: Canadian issuers rated P-1 or P-2 have their short-term ratings enhanced by the senior-most long-term rating of the issuer, its guarantor or support-provider. Step 1. Analytical team is assigned upon execution of commercial engagement.
Once the rating application is contracted, the Moody's analytical team is assigned. Step 2. The issuer prepares their company information and presentation for the first meeting with the Moody's analytical team. Step 3. The issuers management team meets with the Moody's analytical team to present the company information and discuss the materials. This phase may be accelerated in situations with tighter financing schedules, or for structured finance deals.
Step 4. Analytical team commences analysis and goes to rating committee. The rating committee is a key part of Moody's analytical process and helps to ensure the integrity and consistency of ratings.
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