The Ratings Debate in Print around the Web
[$$]Mortgage Suit Targets the Street – WSJ.com, February 16, 2010
[$$]The SEC v. Investors – WSJ.com, February 3, 2010
Morningstar Enters the Credit-Rating Game – Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2009
Credit Raters Show Some Independence – WSJ.com, November 29, 2009
Ohio Attorney General Files Suit Against Credit Raters – WSJ.com, November 20, 2009
States Shun Ratings for Home Debt – WSJ.com, November 6, 2009
Bank Crackdown Draws Criticism – WSJ.com, November 6, 2009
[$$]Wall Street Wizardry Reworks Mortgages – WJS.com – October 1, 2009
Protecting the Credit Raters – WSJ.com, October 1, 2009
Moody’s, S&P, Fitch Face Securities Ratings Hearings – Bloomberg.com, September 24, 2009
California Will Investigate Rating Firms, Brown Says – Bloomberg.com, September 17, 2009
Regulators of Big Bond Buyers Challenge the Raters – WSJ.com, September 17, 2009
Moody’s, S&P May Face More Disclosure, Liability in SEC Rules – Bloomberg.com, September 16, 2009
Muni Groups Weigh in on Ratings – The Bond Buyer, September 10, 2009
Insurance Regulators Schedule Hearing to Review Rating Firms – Bloomberg.com, September 9, 2009
Barclays Said to Repackage Top-Rated Bonds From Downgraded CDO – Bloomberg.com, September 3, 2009
AAA Cartel Protection – WSJ.com, September 1, 2009
Regulations for Raters Faulted – The Bond Buyer, August 6, 2009
The Impact of Mortgage-Backed Securities on Capital Requirements of Life Insurers in the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 – The Geneva Papers, 2009
SEC Chief: Liability Standards Could Affect Rating Firms – WSJ.com, July 14, 2009
SEC Considering Rule to Curb Credit-Rating ‘Shopping’ – Bloomberg.com, July 14, 2009
Insurance Regulators Need Rating Options, Brooks Says – Bloomberg.com, July 13, 2009
Mortgage Bonds Don’t Limist Modifications, Fed Says – Bloomberg.com, July 7, 2009
A Triple-A Punt – Treasury’s reform plan gives the credit raters a pass – WSJ.com, June 23, 2009
The Ratings Trap – Bloomberg Markets Magazine, June 1, 2009
Fitch Slashes Prime RMBS to Junk – Housing Wire.com, May 15, 2009
Flawed Credit Ratings Reap Profits as Regulators Fail – Bloomberg.com, April 29, 2009
Here We Go Again: S&P Slashes Thousands of RMBS Ratings – Housing Wire.com, February 3, 2009
Subprime Slam: SEC Exposes Rating Agency Faults – CFO.com, July 8, 2008
SEC Criticizes Ratings Agencies’ Conflicts of Interest – NYTimes.com, July 8, 2008
What Got Us Here? – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, December 9, 2008
Relief from Mark-to-Market Accounting – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, November 5, 2008
