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ESMA - S&P Endorsement of Ratings
As of 30 April 2012, global scale ratings issued by the following S&P’s ratings affiliates are endorsable*:
Argentina: Standard & Poor's International LLC (Sucursal Argentina)
Australia: Standard & Poor’s (Australia) Pty Ltd
Brazil: Standard & Poor’s Ratings do Brasil, Ltda
Canada: Standard & Poors Ratings Services (Canada), a business unit of the McGraw-Hill Companies (Canada) Corp.
Hong Kong: Standard & Poor’s Hong Kong Ltd
Japan: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Japan K.K. and Nippon Standard & Poor’s K.K.
Mexico: Standard & Poor's SA de CV
Singapore: Standard & Poor’s Singapore Pte Ltd
United States*: Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC
*Note: for U.S. Public Finance, we will endorse ratings “on request,” as we expect limited market demand for these endorsements.
We understand that only those ratings bearing the EU and EE identifiers are usable for certain regulatory purposes in the EU. Standard & Poor’s definitions of these identifiers can be found under section "VII. OTHER IDENTIFIERS" on the Standard & Poor's Ratings Definitions page.
Ratings Policies
These are Standard & Poor's ratings policies.
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Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) are generally securitized portfolios of corporate loans and other fixed income assets.
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Non-traditional securitizations tend to involve a variety of structures and less frequently securitized assets.
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Despite a stabilizing financial market environment, the insurance industry faces challenging questions and tests.
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Up to date research on corporate sectors - overviews, specific trends by country, and individual commentaries on rated issuers.
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S&P rates the creditworthiness of 86 national banking systems under our BICRA methodology.
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The global economic outlook for growth is steadily improving, with downside risks being contained.
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Explore emerging markets’ trend towards increased asset and geographic diversification.