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3 reasons why the EU wants rating agencies to shut op for a while

The Financial Times Deutschland mentioned the fact that the EU is thinking about a ban on rating agencies issuing ratings on eurozone countries. It could be said that the ratings agencies are like thermometers that provoke a rise of temperature. But this is probably not the right angle to look at this possible action. The reason ...

Written by Geert Noels
On October 20, 2011
Tags : Financial Markets Europe

Impact US downgrade?

Op vrijdag verlaagde S&P de lange termijn kredietwaardigheid van de VS van AAA naar AA+. Het in het kader van het schuldenplafond goedgekeurde plan zou “onvoldoende zijn om het schuldenniveau te stabiliseren”. Het ratingbureau toont zich ook bezorgd over “verdere politieke risico’s”. Ratingbureau ‘s hebben wel ...

Written by Daan Struyven
On August 07, 2011
Tags : Financial Markets US & Canada

88888 account

When Nick Leeson had a problem in hiding his first transaction losses, he created an error account called 88888. Why ? Because 8 is a lucky number in Asia (China) and so the account was labelled 5 eight because it could use all the luck it could get. It seems Chinese auditors are on the same track.Last week the official Chinese ...

Written by Christof Govaerts
On July 05, 2011
Tags : Financial Markets China

S&P is early, Moody

From the October issue of the IMF's Global Financial Stability Review :

Written by Geert Noels
On October 06, 2010
Tags : Financial

Spain worse than Greece according to Moody's

Moody’s has compiled a Misery’ index (originally a combination of inflation and unemployment rates), an addition of fiscal deficits and the unemployment rate. The chart shows that Spain is the numero uno.

Written by Geert Noels
On December 16, 2009
Tags : Financial

Er zijn nu 9 soorten AAA's

Misschien zijn er nog mensen die geloven in kredietratings. Moody's, die van het maken van ratings een lucratieve business heeft gemaakt, heeft zijn topcategorie (AAA of triple A) verdeeld in 9 categorieën. Er zit een aantal subtiele boodschappen in deze bijstelling. Ten eerste zegt Moody's dat de 'triple ...

Written by Geert Noels
On February 13, 2009
Tags : Financial Products Stocks

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