Real estate remains the most popular form of investment among Germans. In times of volatile stock markets, a real estate investment is still seen by many private investors as a secure return opportunity. However, not […]
Category: Criteria
Criteria are principles or standards by which something may be judged or decided. A rating criterion is the basis, point of reference, standard, norm, yardstick, benchmark, or touchstone, figuratively speaking. Criteria are based on a test, formula, measure, gauge, scale, barometer, indicator, like a litmus test. Criteria require specifications, guidelines, rules, or even laws and convention.
Trust In a Time of Uncertainty
The corona pandemic is far from over. This is especially true if you do not look at it from a purely medical point of view, but also from the perspective of the social and economic […]
Data for Bank Management Board Member’s Reputation Rating
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) provides some insights into what kind of data is used to establish a bank management board member’s reputation rating in its Guidance Notice on […]
Credit Rating Criteria for Leasing Companies
Under the umbrella of the Auditing Association of German Banks, GBB-Rating Gesellschaft für Bonitätsbeurteil mbH (hereinafter referred to as “GBB-Rating”) provides long-term credit ratings of leasing companies. GBB-Rating has published criteria for the rating of leasing companies in German […]
Rating Forest Investments
Understanding the importance of sustainability has popularized an asset class that used to be reserved for the state, churches and nobles. Forest – to be precise its wood – has always served people as fuel, […]
Rating Airports
Credit ratings play an important role for airports and their operators, since in most cases the capital requirements for airports can only be met when bonds are issued. Ratings are used to assess airport liabilities […]
Equity Rating Repair
Stock instruments issued or to be issued and / or traded on certain stock markets may be the subject of ratings. Stock ratings reflect the risks associated with the creditworthiness of the issuer and the […]
Recovery Rating
Credit risk is a function of an issuer’s probability of default and the loss given default on a specific debt instrument. For noninvestment grade corporate issuers, some rating agencies assign separate ratings for these two […]