R&R's Ann Rutledge contributes to "House of Cards," David Faber's definitive report on how a subprime credit crunch turned into what may be the most severe worldwide economic crisis in a century.The program, initially aired on CNBC on February 12, will be repeated over the...
An editorial by Sylvain Raynes and Phillip L. Zweig urges the Obama administration to end the credit crisis through a valuation process acknowledging that the intrinsic value of a security may be substantially greater than what a buyer is willing to pay for it in...
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"The mistaken notion that Moody's was a company like any other, that was very fundamental," said Sylvain Raynes, a former Moody's analyst who is co-founder of R&R Consulting, a firm that helps investors gauge debt risks. "It is not just a profit-maximization entity like Exxon...
The Securities and Exchange Commission's long-awaited new rules for bond rating agencies will do little to alter the practices that helped lead to the financial crisis, experts claimed…. "The market has barely taken note of the SEC action because its impact is so limited," said...
...Under the new Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, the Treasury will use taxpayer funds to protect the Fed against the first $20 billion of losses, or 10 percent, of $200 billion in exposure to AAA rated securitized consumer debt."I am willing to believe that these...
"In the late '90s, research and development at Moody's slowed right down," says [Ann] Rutledge. "The banks caught up. And then they came to be the ones in the lead." As the structured finance arms race accelerated, Moody's and its peers became more passive participants....
...Echoing some other experts, Ann Rutledge, a credit derivatives expert and founding principal of R&R Consulting, said she is not sure how badly the financial system would have been rocked if the government had let AIG file for bankruptcy protection. But she fears that the...
As the world struggles with economic meltdown, the search for solutions requires a thorough understanding of the roots of the problem. If you think you're confused, the presentation by R&R's Ann Rutledge at the Japan Society on October 2, 2008, will show you why. Ann's...
Ann Rutledge will join a panel of experts at the Japan Society in New York City on Thursday, October 2, analyzing the root causes of the current financial market turmoil and assessments of the future of the U.S. and global economies. The discussion, which will...