[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="190"] R&R Consulting in DealBook[/caption] DealBook - R&R Consulting Sets Sights on Being a Credit Ratings Agency. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/a-would-be-ratings-agency-without-rose-colored-glasses/...
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes welcomes Standard and Poor’s admission that it incorrectly analyzed 1,196 securities tied to U.S. residential mortgages, but wonders if anyone at the company will bear the consequences. Read the full article by Jody Shenn, “S&P May Reduce 1,196 Securities Tied...
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes expresses skepticism over the effectiveness of a Senate proposal to establish a clearinghouse for rating complex securities. Read the full article by Karen Brettell, "Franken bill unlikely to make ratings more reliable," Reuters, May 14, 2010....
R&R Consulting principal Ann Rutledge is interviewed in an article on how to address the monopoly rating agencies currently enjoy, to the detriment of the debt market and the economy as a whole. Read the full article by Vanessa Drucker, "Second Rate," on the FundStrategy website....
"Sylvain Raynes is a principal with R&R Consulting, which values structured security deals. He says if the agencies don't change their ratings often, it'll be a sign something funny is happening. 'If you see the ratings are not moving at all and yet you, by...
R&R principal Sylvain Raynes calls for the government to take the lead in weaning the financial markets off their reliance on rating agencies. Reuters reports, "The Obama administration has said it wants markets to reduce their reliance on ratings after Moody's Investors Service, Standard &...