On July 15, Fitch published an article titled Originator-Specific Residential Mortgage Analysis Rating. Criteria. On July 14, Fitch published an article titled U.S. Public Finance Prepaid Energy Transaction Rating. Criteria....more
On June 30, Fitch published its criteria for Covered Bonds Rating. Criteria. On June 30, DBRS Morningstar published its updated methodology for U.S. ABS General Ratings. Methodology....more
On June 15, KBRA published a Structured Finance CMBS pre-sale report titled Bank 2020-BNK27. Report. On June 10, DBRS Morningstar published its U.S. ABS General Ratings. Methodology....more
On May 22, KBRA published a report titled Coronavirus (COVID-19): RMBS Forbearance and Delinquency Trends. ...more
On May 6, Fitch published its updated Future Flow Securitization Rating. Criteria. On May 4, DBRS Morningstar published its updated Assessing U.S. RMBS Pools Under the Ability-to-Repay Rules. Methodology....more
On April 27, KBRA published a report titled Public Finance: Coronavirus (COVID-19): Municipal Issuers’ Virus-Related Voluntary Disclosures Trend Up. Report. On April 21, Moody’s published its revised approach to rating U.S....more
On March 18, KBRA published its Coronavirus (COVID-19): Consumer ABS Braces for Disruptions. Report. On March 13, KBRA published its General Global Rating for Asset-Backed Securities. Methodology....more
On May 8, DBRS published its rating methodology for Public Universities. Methodology. On May 7, Moody’s published its rating methodology for certain Nonprofit Organizations. Release....more
On May 1, DBRS released its methodology for Canadian Public Pension Funds and Related Exclusive Asset Managers. Methodology. ...more
On February 22, Fitch released the following report: What Investors Want to Know: ESG Relevance Scores (Marking the Intersection of Credit Risk and ESG Risks). Report....more
On February 20, DBRS published a report entitled: Rating Pooled Aircraft Lease Securitizations. Report. On February 20, DBRS published a report entitled: Rating CLOs and CDOs of Large Corporate Credit. Report....more
On January 23, DBRS published its revised methodology for Operational Risk Assessment for European Structured Finance Servicers. Release....more
On January 3, DBRS published a global rating methodology for Rating Life and P&C Insurance Companies and Insurance Organizations. Release. On January 2, DBRS published its Master U.S. ABS Surveillance Methodology. Release....more
On November 20, DBRS issued a report outlining its methodology for rating European Structured Finance Transactions. On November 19, Fitch issued rating criteria for Dealer Floorplan ABS....more
On October 16, DBRS published an update to its ratings methodology for: Rating U.S. Rental Car Securitizations. Release. On October 16, DBRS published an update to its ratings methodology for: Rating U.S. Property Assessed...more
On October 10, DBRS published a rating methodology regarding Derivative Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions. Release....more
U.S. Financial Industry Developments - SEC Disapproves the Listing and Trading of Nine Bitcoin Related Exchange Traded Products - On August 22, 2018, the SEC released three Orders, acting through authority delegated to...more
On August 22, 2018, DBRS published an update to its ratings methodology for: Modelling Assumptions for Portfolios of Public Sector Exposures. ...more
U.S. Financial Industry Developments - CFTC Proposes Rules to Simplify Process for Foreign Clearing Organizations to Obtain DCO Registration Exemption - On August 8, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)...more
U.S. Financial Industry Developments - CFTC Reduces Risk for Customer Funds Held by Derivatives Clearing Organizations by Expanding Investment Options - On July 19, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the...more
On July 25, DBRS published an update in its methodology for rating Canadian public pension funds and related exclusive asset managers. ...more
European Financial Industry Developments - BCBS Publishes its Work Program for 2018 and 2019 - On June 5, 2018, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("BCBS") published details of its work program for 2018 and...more
On May 30, 2018, DBRS published a report entitled: Updated Operational Risk Assessment for U.S. ABS Servicers Methodology. Release. On May 25, 2018, Fitch published a report entitled: U.S. Timeshare Loan ABS Rating...more
On May 15, 2018, DBRS issued a report entitled: Rating European Non-Performing Loans Securitizations. On May 15, 2018, Fitch issued a report entitled: Global Structured Finance Rating. ...more
CFTC Staff Issues Interpretive Guidance Regarding Exemption from Aggregation - On May 2, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's ("CFTC") Division of Market Oversight issued a CFTC staff letter with interpretive...more