SEC issues historic fine to Moody’s for misleading ratings

Alexander Saeedy

August 28, 2018 07:00 PM

Moody's 230x150 — ARCHIV: Ein Schild weist in New York, USA, auf den Sitz der Ratingagentur Moody's hin (Foto vom 23.09.12). Die Ratingagentur Moody's hat Frankreich das Spitzenrating entzogen. Die Bewertung fuer Staatsanleihen wurde um eine Stufe von Aaa auf Aa1 gesenkt, wie Moody's am Montagabend (19.11.12) mitteilte. (zu dapd-Text) Foto: Oliver Lang/dapd | Oliver Lang/dapd

The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday announced a fine against Moody’s for internal control and modelling issues pertaining to ratings of RMBS, as well as a first ever charge for deficient ratings symbols of CLO combo notes. The rating agency agreed to pay a total of $16.25m to settle the charges.

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