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                    [Title] => SEC sets rules for credit rating agencies
                    [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has drawn up rules for credit rating agencies to ensure that they provide an informed and balanced assessment of an issuer’s credit quality.


A credit rating agency refers to any independent body engaged in the business of assessing an issuer’s ability to pay interest and repay capital in a timely manner. Credit rating is required for all issuers of commercial papers.


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                    [Title] => Bigger role for credit rating agencies eyed
                    [Summary] => As part of its regulatory power, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants domestic credit rating agencies to play a bigger role in instituting good corporate governance standards.


SEC Chairperson Lilia Bautista told a recent international gathering at the Asian Development Bank that while credit rating is an effective tool of regulation, "there is also a need for refocusing regulation towards the role of rating agencies."


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                    [Title] => RP’s biggest credit research firms form alliance
                    [Summary] => The country’s biggest credit research and reporting companies have formed an alliance that aims to upgrade the standards of the industry and bring about a wider awareness among the public on the creditworthiness of local companies.


The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has endorsed the creation of the Philippine Credit Reporting Alliance Inc. (Philcrea), composed of five credit reporting companies with a combined experience of more than 60 years.


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SEC sets rules for credit rating agencies

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | September 1, 2002 - 12:00am

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has drawn up rules for credit rating agencies to ensure that they provide an informed and balanced assessment of an issuer’s credit quality. A credit rating agency...

Business

Bigger role for credit rating agencies eyed

June 10, 2002 - 12:00am

As part of its regulatory power, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants domestic credit rating agencies to play a bigger role in instituting good corporate governance standards. SEC Chairperson Lilia...

Business

RP’s biggest credit research firms form alliance

December 3, 2001 - 12:00am

The country’s biggest credit research and reporting companies have formed an alliance that aims to upgrade the standards of the industry and bring about a wider awareness among the public on the creditworthiness...

Business