Moody's Archives - CreditSpectrum (R&R Consulting) - A Credit Ratings, Analysis and Consultancy Firm

06 May FundStrategy: End the NRSRO Monopoly

Posted at 07:15h in Credit Spectrum

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....

24 Apr BNN: The Role of Rating Agencies in the Financial Crisis

Posted at 15:43h in Credit Spectrum

As hearings on Capitol Hill explore the role rating agencies played in the financial crisis, Business News Network interviews R&R Consulting Principal Sylvain Raynes for his insights. Watch the full interview on Squeezeplay....

06 Dec New York Times: Raynes on Moody’s

Posted at 17:32h in Credit Spectrum

"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...

03 Aug Rating Firms’ Next Subprime Role

Posted at 15:13h in Credit Spectrum

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...