Category: Definitions
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A Not So New New Rating From Moody’s
Moody’s Investors Service is seeking feedback by May 05, 2022 from market participants on proposed changes to its Banks Methodology. The key proposed revision is to introduce new ratings that exclude government support (XG ratings) in Moody’s methodology for banks. The rating agency is currently collecting comments and opinions from market participants. Hence a remark […]
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DEXTRO’s New Risk Class Methodology
A new risk class methodology with seven risk classes (RK1 to RK7 similar to MiFiD II or SRRI) and at the same time emancipation from the dogma of “historical volatility” should determine the risk ratings of the DEXTRO Group in the future, which will continue to be based on the pillars of forecast risk / […]
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A Hurdle of Practical Importance
The clear divide between investment-grade and speculative-grade debt markets dates back decades. A number of central banks make their bond purchase programs dependent on minimum credit ratings. These are often operationalized by specifying rating symbols, such as the rating symbols Baa3 or BBB-. When a rating agency tries to win paid orders from issuers by […]
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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, product and building material. Forest has now become the epitome of sustainable investments. The idea of sustainability emerged in a […]
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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 definition, this article is still the right read for you: The IC Rating™ model by Intellectual Capital Sweden Kristine Jacobsen, […]
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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 to give very specific answers to the question of how you can achieve the greatest possible effect with your donation, […]
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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 as an additional pressure that weighs on them in order to prove their sustainable management. This pressure is unsettling, especially […]
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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 at the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System – in a research paper addressing the international operations […]
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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 financing its operations. The most common types of securities issued are equities (common and preferred stocks) and debt (bonds, notes, […]
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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 hand, is a future-oriented judgment on the relative intrinsic value of a patent and requires a system of classification. The […]
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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 stock market liquidity of an instrument. However, they do not address the risk of loss associated with price changes and […]
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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 counterparties. In the following the focus will be on the definition of assets. Since the word “asset” plays an important […]
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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 of a customer’s solvency – and consequently also the customer’s credit worthiness. The solvency index calculation techniques vary and are […]
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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 fifth law amending the Road Traffic Act and other laws of August 28, 2013 and the Ninth Ordinance amending the […]
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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 equally good or equally bad ones. The classification of the decision options we call rating. One focus of our work is on credit ratings. The credit rating we record […]
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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” is confused with an “e”, and so on. The resolution of the eyes is different. The same is true of […]
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Credit assessments under the Standardised Approach in the European Union might use this rating scale
Credit assessments under the Standardised Approach in the European Union might use the following rating scale, rating symbols and rating definitions: AAA AA A BBB BB B CCC CC C SD D
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