Credit Rating Agencies

Rating Agency Developments – Week of January 17, 2012

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On January 11, Fitch updated its U.S. equipment lease and loan rating criteria. Fitch Release.

On January 11, Moody’s updated its approach for monitoring CPDO transactions. Moody’s Release.

On January 9, DBRS proposed methodology for CLOs and CDOs of large corporate credit and requested comments by January 27. DBRS Release.

On January 9, DBRS proposed cash flow assumptions for corporate CLOs and CDOs backed by other corporate debt and requested comments by January 27. DBRS Release.

On January 9, DBRS released its unified interest rate model for U.S. and European structured credit. DBRS Release.

On January 9, DBRS proposed methodology for surveillance Canadian CLOs and CDOs backed by debt of large corporations and requested comments by January 27. DBRS Release.

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Rating Agency Developments – Week of January 9, 2012

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On December 28, S&P updated its methodology for analyzing corporate profitability when determining issuer credit ratings for global corporate issuers. S&P Release.

On December 27, S&P issued an advance notice of criteria change for its methodology for rating second-lien U.S. RMBS transactions. S&P Release.

On December 22, S&P released its outlook assumptions for the U.S. residential mortgage market. S&P Release.

On December 20, S&P updated its project finance construction and operations counterparty methodology. S&P Release.

On December 19, DBRS released its methodology for rating global structured finance CDO restructurings. DBRS Release.

On December 19, DBRS released its unified interest rate model for global structured finance CDO restructurings. DBRS Release.

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