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With the Talent Report™ Select All solution, Equifax (NYSE: EFX) facilitates faster, more-informed hiring decisions for talent acquisition professionals with reliable verifications of employment via The Work Number® database. Talent Report Select All delivers contextual data in support of a more holistic view of the candidate in a single report, helping hiring managers make critical…

From October 8th to 18th, 2020, Luohu District, Shenzhen, China, conducted a digital currency experiment, issuing digital currency red envelopes totaling 10 million RMB (approximately 1.5 million Dollars). From the 8th to the 11th October, 1,913,800 Shenzhen residents reserved a lottery for red envelopes, and 50,000 of them received digital RMB red envelopes, each at…

Here is the most recent list of 57 registered credit rating agencies in the People’s Republic of China as of October 11, 2020:

The Munich investment boutique Quant IP is launching a new tranche for private investors for its equity fund Quant IP Global Innovation Leaders Fund. This gives investors the opportunity to invest small sums in the fund or to take out a savings plan. “We want to give self-decision makers the opportunity to invest in our…

For many people it has become a reality: life is completely monitored. Hence it is no longer a question of whether life is, can or should be observed by strangers. It’s all about how, according to which rules, and by whom, with what consequences. Anyone who wears a smartwatch at night transmits their data to…

Artec technologies AG (ISIN DE0005209589) is now offering a multifunctional monitoring and monitoring system for compliance with corona hygiene protection measures called MULTIEYE OverCrowding Watch App. The software is based on existing artec products that have proven themselves in practice with the support of AI-based software components. The listed software company from Diepholz, Germany, has…

Any rating company who does not limit itselve to the comparison of financial services, but also insures the customer against risks, must obtain approval for this. There is no free market for financial services in Germany. The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority in Germany, Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin), ordered the CHECK24 comparison portal CHECK24 Vergleichsportal Finanzen…

Real estate remains the most popular form of investment among Germans. In times of volatile stock markets, a real estate investment is still seen by many private investors as a secure return opportunity. However, not all private owners use their apartments themselves, but rent them out. In doing so, however, they often underestimate the costs…

Advertising with ratings on social media platforms that are given in return for participating in a competition is unfair. It can be assumed that a lottery will generate a considerable number of ratings. The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main (OLG) therefore banned the advertising of the defendant whirlpool seller in a judgment published…

Country Risk: The Bane of Foreign Investors (by Norbert Gaillard, Springer, July 2020) is an original and innovative research work. Chapter 1 introduces the key concepts. Chapter 2 establishes that impediments to international business preceded any mention of the country risk concept. I investigate how country risk has evolved and manifested since the advent of…

There is a simple definition of the word “rater”: “one that rates”. A rater is specifically a person who estimates or determines a rating. Not every rater is a rating agency. In a number of countries, only legal persons can be recognized as rating agencies. In most countries, individuals are free to express their opinion…

The credit rating industry in China has a history of more than 30 years. According to the “Interim Measures for the Administration of the Credit Rating Industry”, which came came into force on December 26, 2019, the People’s Bank of China is the department in charge of the credit rating industry and takes charge of…

What happens when you start a new rating agency and become a founder? The 4 Ps are used here to identify some key factors for a new rating agency, including what investors and issuers want from them, how their services meets or fails to meet those needs, how rating services are perceived in the world,…

The Recognized Credit Rating Agencies listed by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have been registered or certified in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on Credit Rating Agencies (the Credit Rating Agencies Regulation). The list does not contain a rating agency…

There are almost 200 countries in the world. Many countries do not have specific regulations on rating activities, but most industrialized countries do have laws on Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs). Credit Rating Agencies are required to get registered, licensed, recognized or certified. Until the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006 was introduced in the…

ACRA Analytical Credit Rating Agency The Russian Government set a minimum credit rating for banks that service federal budget funds (the document is published on the official website of the Russian Federation Ministry of Finance at http://government.ru/docs/28240/). The federal budget funds may be placed on deposits with bank that have a credit rating of at…

In Ukraine, a person acquires the right to define ratings from the date of the issuance of the Certificate on Inclusion into The State Register of Authorized Rating Agencies.

Here is a list of Credit Rating Agencies registered by the Banco Central de Uruguay:

The European Commission’s decision to repeal the equivalence status for Singapore Credit Rating Agencies does not impact the operations of Credit Rating Agencies in Singapore. As confirmed by the European Commission, Credit Rating Agencies in Singapore will continue to be able to access the European Union market through the endorsement regime which they currently operate…

The following rating agencies shall be Credit Rating Agencies approved by the Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand to issue credit rating for instruments or businesses related to issuance and offer for sale under the Notification of the Capital Market Supervisory Board and instruments. They are required to provide credit ratings under…

Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) main function is to inform the market about the real risks that the investing public faces in financial intermediation. Regulation is essential for greater transparency in its actions and less exposure to conflict of interest. The Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores supervises 7 Credit Rating Agencies, called…

Under the Working Committee on Financial Services Liberalisation, the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) completed the Eighth Package of Financial Services Commitments (Eighth Package), which was signed by the Association of South-East Asian Nations Finance Ministers on April 5, 2019. To enhance access into the capital market via the Eighth Package, the Suruhanjaya Sekuriti…

The Superintendency of Companies, Securities and Insurance of Ecuador, Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros (SC), listed on August 6, 2020 the following Credit Rating Agencies:

The Superintendencia General de Valores (SUGEVAL) is the supervisor of Calificadoras de Riesgo, Credit Rating Agencies in Costa Rica. Here is a complete list of Credit Rating Agencies enrolled in Costa Rica as of August 6, 2020..

Here are all recognized Credit Rating Agencies with name, address, district, city, state, postal addressing code, direct distance dialing, phone, fax, names of the risk rating director and internal controls director, registration date, Brazil national registry of legal entities number and current situation as of August 6, 2020. In addition to the credit risk rating…

A credit ratings of a Recognized Credit Rating Agency is usually the result of an issuer requested credit ratings process. In the following, you get a quick overview on how the process looks like at leading Credit Rating Agencies. Please note that there may be special features due to different regulations in different jurisdictions. Please…

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) published an information sheet (INFO 143) for credit rating agencies providing services in Australia. It gives guidance on the meaning of certain conditions that apply to these credit rating agencies under their Australian financial services (AFS) licence. It covers the scope and purpose of Australian Securities and Investments…

The Credit Rating Agencies listed below have been registered in accordance with Section 5(1) of the Credit Rating Services Act, 24 of 2012 in South Africa. The list is published by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority in accordance with section 5(10) of the Credit Rating Services Act and is updated within five working days of…

The Canadian Securities Administrators identified Designated Rating Organizations, and imposed requirements on credit rating organizations wishing to have their credit ratings eligible for use in securities legislation. The rule of the Canadian securities regulators establishes a regulatory framework for the oversight of credit rating organizations by requiring them to apply to become a “Designated Rating…

Credit Rating Agencies are those entities that are dedicated to making risk ratings. In Argentina, entities must be registered with the Comisión Nacional de Valores in order to carry out the activity and they can be private companies or public universities. Public Universities Unidad CEPAF – Agente de Calificación de Riescos Universidad Pública (UBA) Universidad…

The following Credit Rating Agencies are registered by the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission:

An application for permission to form a credit rating company by persons meeting the eligibility criteria accorind to the Credit Rating Company Regulations shall be made to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan along with a number of documents. The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan on being satisfied that the person seeking permission…

A credit rating agency whose application for grant of a certificate of permanent registration has been refused by the Securities and Exchange Board of India shall cease to undertake any credit rating activity. Here is a list of registered Credit Rating Agencies in India as of August 3, 2020:

The Securities & Exchange Organization of Iran publishes lists of certified financial institutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran. On July 28, 2020, these Credit Rating Agencies were on the list:

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA supervises financial institutions making use of the services of Credit Rating Agencies, e.g. for the capital-adequacy calculations carried out by banks. Supervised institutions can use ratings to meet a number of regulatory requirements. In certain specific cases, only ratings from agencies recognised by FINMA may be used. The…

The purpose of supervising Credit Rating Agencies in Japan is, in view of specific problems in their governance, to ensure the appropriate business operations of Credit Rating Agencies in Japan, and to bring about the appropriate exercise of their functions.

​As in many other countries, the work of Credit Rating Agencies has been regulated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, since ratings are referenced in various ways in the financial system. It is therefore necessary to determine which Credit Rating Agencies give the relevant ratings. On November 10, 2014, the Capital Market Authority of Saudi…

The Office of Credit Ratings (OCR) assists the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) in executing its responsibility for protecting investors, promoting capital formation, and maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets through the oversight of Credit Rating Agencies registered with the Commission as Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSROs). In support of this mission,…

In the period leading up to the financial crisis in 2008, 2010 and so on, the European Commission considered to strengthen the regulatory and supervisory framework for Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) in the European Union (EU), to restore market confidence and increase investor protection: (1) The first set of rules, which entered into force at the…

Credit ratings play an important role for airports and their operators, since in most cases the capital requirements for airports can only be met when bonds are issued. Ratings are used to assess airport liabilities both when issuing bonds and when trading bonds. The rating system applies both to independent airports and to companies with…

Innovation rating and patent rating have different tasks, but are interrelated. An innovation rating is used to assess a company’s ability to compete with other (innovative) companies through innovation. The patent rating, on the other hand, is a future-oriented judgment on the relative intrinsic value of a patent and requires a system of classification. The…

The basic idea was already known to the Romans: the word “innovation” is developed from the Latin verb innovare (renew). As a noun, it means “newness” or “renewal”. The term is used in everyday language in the sense of “new ideas and inventions” and for their basic relationships. An innovation rating traditionally includes the expectation…

Is a musical work a rateable asset? Or is just a metal like gold a rateable asset? RATING EVIDENCE and RATING©REPAIR relate to the evidence and to the repair of ratings for specific assets or counterparties. In the following the focus will be on the definition of assets. Since the word “asset” plays an important…

Oliver Everling and Robert Lempka (editors): Next Generation Financial Services: Digital Transformation and New Services, Frankfurt am Main 2020, Frankfurt School Verlag, 480 pages, ISBN (print) 978-3-95647-176-6. The digital transformation of the financial industry is in full swing. On the one hand there are consolidation and cooperation processes between banks and fintechs as well as…

Under strict Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations put in place by national governments, the European Union (EU), the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and the United Nations (UN), all financial institutions and many types of companies are required to closely monitor their clients’ accounts and report any suspicious activity. These legal requirements often take the form…

Oliver Everling and Monika Müller (publisher): Risk profiling with investors: aptly analyze customer profiles and use them in consulting, Bank Verlag, http://www.bank-verlag-shop.de/, Cologne, 2nd, revised and expanded edition, 507 pages, Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-86556-506-8. Consultants and “Robo-Advisor” must ensure that their investment recommendation reflects the risk appetite and financial viability of the client. Both economic…

Oliver Everling, Klaus Holschuh and Jens Leker (Editor): Credit Analyst, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich, http://www.oldenbourg.de, hardcover, 1st edition 2009, 386 pages, ISBN 978-3-486-58688- 6. The requirements of Basel II set completely new conditions for the lending business. At the same time, a variety of credit products have become increasingly important on the capital markets, from corporate…

Oliver Everling (Editor): Certified Rating Analyst, Oldenbourg Science Publishing, Munich, http://www.oldenbourg.de, hardcover, 1st edition 2008, 562 pages, ISBN 978-3-486-58287-9. Oliver Everling (Herausgeber): Certified Rating Analyst, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, München, http://www.oldenbourg.de, gebundene Ausgabe, 1. Auflage 2008, 562 Seiten, ISBN 978-3-486-58287-9.