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Herwig Langohr - The Rating Agencies and Their Credit Ratings: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They are Relevant - 9780470018002 - V9780470018002
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The Rating Agencies and Their Credit Ratings: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They are Relevant

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Description for The Rating Agencies and Their Credit Ratings: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They are Relevant Hardcover. The Rating Agencies and Their Credit Ratings: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Are Relevant is a guide to ratings, the ratings industry, and the mechanics and economics of obtaining a rating. The book sheds light on the role that the agencies play in the international financial markets. Series: Wiley Finance Series. Num Pages: 524 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 177 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Credit rating agencies play a critical role in capital markets, guiding the asset allocation of institutional investors as private capital moves freely around the world in search of the best trade-off between risk and return. However, they have also been strongly criticised for failing to spot the Asian crisis in the early 1990s, the Enron, WorldCom and Parmalat collapses in the early 2000s and finally for their ratings of subprime-related structured finance instruments and their role in the current financial crisis.


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"Rating agencies fulfil an important role in the capital markets, but given their power, they are frequently the object of criticism.  Some of it is justified but most of it portrays a lack of understanding of their business.  In their book The Rating Agencies and their Credit Ratings, Herwig and Patricia Langohr provide an excellent economic background to the role of rating agencies and also a thorough understanding of their business and the problems they face.  I recommend this book to all those who have an interest in this somewhat arcane but extremely important area."
-Robin Monro-Davies, Former CEO, Fitch Ratings.


"At a time of unprecedented public and political scrutiny of the effectiveness and indeed the basic business model of the Credit Rating industry, and heightened concerns regarding the transparency and accountability of the leading agencies, this book provides a commendably comprehensive overview, and should provide invaluable assistance in the ongoing debate."
-Rupert Atkinson, Managing Director, Head of Credit Advisory Group, Morgan Stanley and member of the SIFMA Rating Agency Task Force


"The Langohrs have provided useful information in a field where one frequently finds only opinions or misconceptions. They supply a firm base from which to understand changes now underway. A well-read copy of this monograph should be close to the desk of every investor, issuer and financial regulator, legislator or commentator."
-John Grout, Policy and Technical Director, The Association of Corporate Treasurers



 

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Finance Series
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470018002
SKU
V9780470018002
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Herwig Langohr
HERWIG LANGOHR was Professor of Finance and Banking at INSEAD, in Fontainebleau, France, which he joined in 1976, specialising in corporate finance, financial services and corporate governance. Professor Langohr served on several boards of directors, including the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of the financial services group KBC Group N.V. He was also a regular advisor in corporate ... Read more

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