The credit rating agencies would probably evaluate the United Nations for credit rating purposes based on various criteria, including

The credit ratings agencies have been held accountable in two private suits.

This would, among other things, reduce the role of credit rating agencies.

It could also function as a reference point for donors, promotion agencies and other international agencies in their dialogue with Governments.

The United Nations goal with respect to the credit rating would be to convince the credit rating agencies to treat the borrowing as quasi sovereign for credit rating purposes.

A network of export credit agencies, efficient payment and credit guarantee arrangements, and local banks supporting trade capacity building institutions are a few options that may be considered.

Moreover, several African countries have received ratings from credit agencies, which has opened up global financial centers to them.

Moreover, credit rating agencies had serious conflicts of interest, because they received fees from the managers of these instruments.

The second shaky principle is that, in order to validate these instruments, issuers of CDOs relied on credit rating agencies.

If Europe wants to devise its own rules for credit rating agencies and hedge funds, it should simply go ahead.

Bond investors heavy reliance on credit rating agencies, which tend to be laxer with powerful issuers, has not been fixed.

The obligations of certain organizations, such as the World Bank, are defined as quasi sovereign by the credit ratings agencies.

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Credit rating agencies, which play an important role in modern capital markets, completely failed in the years preceding the financial crisis.

This can be done directly on a bilateral basis, for example, through long term loans from developed countries export credit agencies.

Those problems can be addressed to an extent through the establishment of credit information systems and or government owned reporting agencies.

Objective 5 report in reference to benefit processing on an annual basis to agencies by the end of the first annual quarter.

The group agreed to disseminate the document as a technical paper (FCCC TP 2005 4) for reference by LDCs, other Parties and agencies.

Investment banks and credit rating agencies believed in financial alchemy the notion that significant value could be created by slicing and dicing securities.

Credit rating agencies, institutional investors, and asset managers are encouraged to see how such factors can be incorporated into their own risk models.

Rating agencies would consider this debt exchange a credit event, but only for a very short period a matter of a few weeks.

In establishing a credit rating on a United Nations bond issue, the credit rating agencies would focus on the source and probability of timely debt service payments, in accordance with the terms applicable to the bond issue.

CAMBRIDGE In the new financial order being put in place by regulators around the world, reform of credit rating agencies should be a key element.

They could not stop the Greek government from borrowing (indirectly) from the European Central Bank (ECB) as long as credit rating agencies deemed Greek debt creditworthy.

Progress had been achieved through greater resource allocation by the Government and donor agencies for training, technology transfer, credit support and health programmes that benefited women.

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Likewise, the ECB should have barred banks from the risky CDS market, where they are held hostage to ratings agencies decisions about what constitutes a credit event.

For this reason, politicians and powerful businessmen often cajole the press, the credit rating agencies, and even the analysts to portray their actions in a positive light.

MOSCOW Google violates its don t be evil motto. To Google s credit, if you Google that sentence, you can find reference to a debate on that claim that I took part in recently.

What is the modern equivalent of branding with a scarlet A, which was the penalty for adultery in colonial New England? Maybe the credit ratings agencies have the answer.

Standard Poor argued that such a mechanism would provide credit rating agencies with less incentive to compete with one another, pursue innovation, and improve their models, criteria, and methodologies.

This was achieved through discussions with representatives of Government at all levels, United Nations programmes and agencies, civil society and older people themselves as well as reference to relevant documentation.

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Set forth below are short examples of the types of secured credit transactions that the Guide is designed to encourage, and to which reference will be made throughout the Guide to illustrate specific points.

This broad set of spiraling difficulties has led credit rating agencies to slash Egypt s rating. It is also discouraging foreign direct investment, as is the discrediting of Egypt s police forces.

We then call on credit rating agencies to certify that the less risky of these mortgage backed securities are safe enough for pension funds and insurance companies to invest in.

An investment grade rating reflects the credit rating agencies' belief that the probability of payment of the bond is high and the financial risk associated with the investment is low.

(a) The need for United Nations agencies and member States to implement and monitor Millennium Development Goals, in partnership with indigenous peoples and, consequently, within a human rights frame of reference

Since the crisis, rating agencies have been under attack, and major regulation, which could severely affect their business, has been discussed on both sides of the Atlantic. Given this, how free are credit rating agencies to express their opinion on the very institutions that will regulate them?

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Public housing agencies could promote better housing by providing credit to the poor, who usually lack access to the formal housing finance market, through, for example, affordable mortgages and microcredit schemes.