There are a lot of theories being floated on how to effect financial system stability. Most involve separating money from finance. Reverence for money or cash is evident in the Chicago School of economics and neoliberalism, where value theory is based on price. It also underlies theories that equate banks...

R&R has 8 out of the 10 required letters for NRSRO designation. The Office of Credit Ratings (OCR) at the SEC only considers one valid. A key area of disagreement is whether our valuations, calculated directly from our ratings, deserve to be considered "nationally recognized...

The Wall Street Journal interviews R&R Consulting principal Ann Rutledge about how the Federal Reserve's bailout of troubled firms made use of an obscure investment vehicle that had been closed out of the commercial-paper market long before the program was launched. Read the full story...

Do the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's attempts to recover taxpayer funds used in the financial crisis bailout betray its mission to ensure the stability of the financial system? R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes weighs in. Read the full article by Caroline Salas and...

David Fiderer recently explored the deeper ramifications of the Goldman Sachs controversy in a hard-hitting essay on Huffington Post entitled John Paulson Defends His Toxic CDOs By Insulting Everyone's Intelligence." R&R Consulting's Ann Rutledge solicits his further thoughts on the subject. Ann Rutledge (AR): David, this...

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...

R&R’s Ann Rutledge is quoted in China’s leading financial publication, Caijing, on July 30 in a report on Merrill Lynch’s sale of billions of dollars of CDOs at a deep discount: "Ann Rutledge, a partner for the structured finance consultancy R&R Consultants, described the move as...

Sylvain Raynes and Ann Rutledge are featured in a segment of "NHK Special," a "60 Minutes"-style public affairs program that will air in the U.S. on Sunday, July 6, at 10:00 PM EST on TV Japan. The segment originally aired nationwide in Japan on June...

By Aaron L. Task | Editor at Large @ thestreet,com | 8/23/2007 10:53 AM EDT As the carcasses of subprime mortgage-backed securities lie rotting on Wall Street, the buzzards are circling heretofore untouchable prey: the rating agencies. Critics say the ratings industry was too late in downgrading...