U.S. Financial Industry Developments - Community Reinvestment Act: Revisions to Impact of Evidence of Discriminatory or Other Illegal Credit Practices on Community Reinvestment Act Ratings... ...more
Financial Industry Developments - Fee Rate Advisory #3 for Fiscal Year 2017 - On May 31, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") announced that starting July 4, 2017, the fee rates applicable to most...more
On March 30, 2016, Moody’s published its rating methodology for assessing green bonds. On March 30, 2016, DBRS published its methodology for rating Canadian structured finance instruments. ...more
ESMA Consults on Guidelines on Disclosure of Information on Commodity Derivatives Markets or Related Spot Markets under MAR - On March 30, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") opened a public...more
On September 23, DBRS published the methodologies it will use to rate and monitor U.S. Property Assessed Clean Energy securitization. On September 22, Moody’s published its updated rating methodology for consumer loan-backed...more
On January 30, Fitch released its criteria for rating structured finance servicers of various products, including RMBS, CMBS and ABS. On January 30, Fitch released its criteria for rating operational risk of U.S. servicers of...more