Global bank calls for transparency in ratings - Turkish Daily News
Story date: 2008-07-04 02:14:00
Added on: 2008-07-04 23:50:03
Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's must be clearer and more detailed in their ratings of asset-backed securities and the risks of underlying collateral, the Bank for International Settlements, or BIS, said Friday. The firms need to make ...
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