Overrated: Agencies face reform challenges

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Overrated: Agencies face reform challenges

The credit rating agencies have become whipping boys of investors, regulators and politicians after a slew of triple-A rated structured products blew up in 2007 and 2008. Chris Dammers explores what went wrong and asks if the reforms introduced by the agencies are enough to restore confidence.

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