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, […]
Category: Definitions
A definition is a formal statement of the meaning or significance of a word, phrase, idiom, etc., as found in dictionaries. Rating agencies can give invetors direct, immediate access to the definitions of a rating symbol, allowing them to compare definitions from various rating agencies and stay up to date with an ever-expanding set of rating symbols. A definition is a statement of the meaning of a term (a word, phrase, or other set of symbols).
The IC Rating™ model by Intellectual Capital Sweden
Intellectual Capital comprises all factors critical to an organization’s future success that are not shown in the traditional balance sheet. If you are looking for a rating approach to intellectual capital (IC) that fits that […]
Is The Notion of Efficiency Alien to Charity?
there are minimum requirements for recognized non-profit organizations. But can their efficiency and effectiveness also be rated? At effektiv-spenden.org Sebastian Schwiecker, founder and managing director of UES – Gemeinnützige Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt) für effektives Spenden, tries […]
How A Credit Rating Agency Should Determine the Weights of ESG Criteria
Moody’s “General Principles for Assessing Environmental, Social and Governance Risks” relate to issues which may have greater downside risk than upside potential for rated issuers. The introduction of these principles is perceived by many issuers […]
Genealogy of Country Risk
It is difficult to determine exactly when the concept of country risk was forged. The expression was used as far back as 1967 by Frederick Dahl – then assistant director of the Division of Examinations […]
Issuer Definition
An issuer is a legal entity that issues financial instruments. Depending on the jurisdiction the issuer is domiciled in, the work of an issuer includes to develop, register and sell securities for the purpose of […]
Patent Rating
Innovation rating and patent rating have different tasks, but are interrelated. An innovation rating is used to assess a company’s ability to compete with other (innovative) companies through innovation. The patent rating, on the other […]
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 […]
Rating Assets
Is a musical work a rateable asset? Or is just a metal like gold a rateable asset? RATING EVIDENCE and RATING©REPAIR relate to the evidence and to the repair of ratings for specific assets or […]
Solvency Index
A solvency index is the central pillar of a commercial report and other information formats for evaluating a business’s solvency. Its accurate forecasts of the probability of default (PD) provide for quick and direct assessment […]
Driving Fitness Rating System
On May 1, 2014, the German Central Register of Traffic (VZR) became the Driving Fitness Register (FAER). The existing scoring system was converted to the new driving fitness rating system.The basis for this is the […]
Meaning of Rating Evidence
Deciding on investment and financing means choosing between alternatives. Every investment and financing decision is a choice between alternatives. There are worse alternatives, better ones or the same ones. The classification of the decision options […]
Evidence of Ratings
Similar to the visual acuity of the eye, rating systems also recognize patterns and contours with different accuracy. You may have already experienced it with your ophthalmologist: An “8” is considered a “B”, a “c” […]