The European Parliament adopted yesterday tougher rules for the issuance of creditworthiness ratings on governments and private businesses by the relevant agencies. Obviously the new legislation was voted in relation with and aims to set new restrictions on the activities of the three largest of them, namely Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch IBCA. But […]Home » sovereign debt ratings
The European Parliament fails to really restrict the rating agencies
The European Parliament adopted yesterday tougher rules for the issuance of creditworthiness ratings on governments and private businesses by the relevant agencies. Obviously the new legislation was voted in relation with and aims to set new restrictions on the activities of the three largest of them, namely Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch IBCA. But […]Filed Under: EUGlobe, Policy, USA Tagged With: andard & Poor’s, creditworthiness ratings, EFSF/ESM, Europe, European Commission, European Financial Stability Facility, European Parliament, European Stability Mechanism, Fitch IBCA, Frankfort, Japan, London, Michel Barnier, Moody's, New York, Paris, Parliamentarians, rating agencies, sovereign debt ratings, systemic, US


















