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On August 16, Moody’s supplemented its approach to rating residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in China. Report.

On August 16, Fitch updated its country ceilings cross-sector criteria report. Report.

On August 16, Fitch updated its criteria for rating sukuk. Report.

On August 15, Moody’s updated its rating methodology for U.S. charter schools. Report.

On August 12, Fitch published its U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) non-performing loans rating criteria. Report.

On August 12, Fitch updated its solid waste revenue bond rating criteria. Report.

On August 11, Fitch updated its criteria for rating currency swap obligations of an SPV in structured finance transactions and covered bonds. Report.

On August 11, Fitch updated its criteria for rating tolled roads, bridges and tunnels. Report.

On August 11, Moody’s updated its approach to rating securities backed by FFELP student loans. Report.

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On September 24, DBRS published a report describing its approach for monitoring European CMBS ratings.  Methodology.

On September 25, DBRS published its methodology for rating European RMBS transactions issued in Europe with residential loans originated in Europe.  Methodology.

On September 25, DBRS published its methodology for rating securitizations issued in Canada with collateral originated in Canada.  Methodology.

On September 28, Fitch updated its rating criteria for infrastructure and project finance.  Criteria.

On September 28, Moody’s published its rating methodology for corporate synthetic collateralized debt obligations.  Methodology.

On September 28, Moody’s published its rating methodology for collateralized loan obligations.  Methodology.

On September 28, Moody’s updated its methodology for rating securitization transactions backed predominately by loans granted to microenterprises, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and self-employed individuals.  Methodology.

On September 29, Fitch updated its rating criteria for toll roads, bridges and tunnels.  Criteria.

On September 29, DBRS published its methodology for rating Portuguese electricity tariff securitizations.  Methodology.

On September 30, DBRS published a report describing the criteria applied in reviewing derivatives in the context of a European structured finance transaction.  Methodology.

On September 30, Moody’s published its methodology for assessing credit risk for companies in the restaurant industry.  Methodology.

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On August 3, Fitch updated its Asia-Pacific RMBS criteria. Fitch Report.

On August 3, Fitch updated its Australian RMBS criteria. Fitch Report.

On August 3, DBRS updated its Canadian provincial government criteria. DBRS Report.

On August 3, DBRS updated its Canadian municipal government criteria. DBRS Report.

On August 2, Fitch updated its criteria for toll roads, bridges, and tunnels. Fitch Report.

On August 2, Fitch updated its criteria for rating caps in global structured finance transactions. Fitch Report.

On August 2, Fitch updated its Asia-Pacific consumer ABS criteria. Fitch Report.

On July 30, Fitch updated its Italian residential mortgage criteria assumptions. Fitch Report.

On July 30, Moody’s released its methodology for covered bonds. Moody’s Report.

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On August 12, Fitch updated its core corporate criteria reports. Fitch Release.

On August 11, Fitch updated its criteria for rating insurance-linked securities. Fitch Release.

On August 11, Fitch updated its criteria for rating SPV currency swap obligations in structured finance transactions. Fitch Release.

On August 11, Fitch updated its criteria for rating repackaged senior structured finance notes. Fitch Release.

On August 10, Fitch updated its assumptions used in assessing the credit risk of residential mortgage loan pools in various regions. Fitch Portuguese Release. Fitch Italian Release. Fitch German Release. Fitch European Release.

On August 10, Fitch updated its corporate and project finance CDO rating criteria. Fitch Release.

On August 10, Fitch published its Asia-Pacific (APAC) RMBS criteria and updated its Australian RMBS rating criteria as an addendum to this report. The APAC RMBS framework will replace the Australian Residential Mortgage Default Criteria (dated April 2008) and the Criteria for Rating Japanese RMBS (dated November 2001). Fitch Release (APAC RMBS). Fitch Release (Australian RMBS).

On August 10, Fitch published its global criteria for lenders’ mortgage insurance in RMBS transactions. Fitch Release.

On August 10, Fitch published its APAC consumer ABS rating criteria. Fitch Release.

On August 10, Fitch updated its U.S. water and sewer revenue bond rating criteria. Fitch Release.

On August 9, Fitch updated its structured finance rating caps criteria. Fitch Release.

On August 5, Fitch updated its rating criteria for toll roads, bridges, and tunnels. Fitch Release.

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