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What is the best group at a Credit Rating Agency?
Can anyone elaborate on the pros and cons of each group at a CRA? (Structured Finance, FIG, Corporate, Public Finance) I'd like to narrow down which one to pursue, to set myself up for the best exit opps/transferable skills. I've encountered many mixed opinions regarding FIG and SF especially, any...
Credit Ratings Agency Interview
Hi everyone, just got an interview for an internship at a Big 3 CRA in London next week. I guess that they would ask me something on financial statements and credit analysis . Does anyone have any advice on how to prepare or have relative experience for this interview?
Pengyuan International
Pengyuan International is a global credit rating agency based in Hong Kong that has been licensed to provide credit rating services to an international client base since 2012. Licensed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, Pengyuan International offers high-quality, independent, highly...
Trying to raise debt for the first time - Any advice from DCM experts ahead of the project?
Hi, working in Treasury at a building society and long story short we're projecting to raise ~60 million of debt (public bond or private, to be decided) for the first time to fund a residential real estate project (some social housing units and some not). Going to be long term (likely ~30y or more)....
Citigroup Credit Primer document 2005
Does anyone have the Citigroup credit primer document, from around 2004/2005, they would be willing to share? Much appreciated if so. Thanks to PrimeP : https://www.mediafire.com/file/jyxyn5spyqtdfia/Cr…
no corp experience MBA student and want to get into investment banking
So, here is my full background. I am 30 and have been an entrepreneur for years. Back in grad school to get my MBA and am not really at a target investment banking school, however my school is in NYC and still top 50. I do not have corporate finance experience, but have a 3.8 GPA and secured an...
Corporate credit rating and interest rates
Hi, I have used the Standard&Poor’s Corporate Methodology to estimate a company’s Credit Rating (aaa, aa+, aa, a+, …). If I have calculated a company’s credit rating, ¿where can I find which interest rate should the bank demand depending on the period of the loan? Thanks.
Fitch Ratings Analyst Position
What are your guys' opinions about the Credit Rating Agencies? Are they respected jobs on the street, and would I learn a lot? What are the networking/exit opportunities? I would be in NYC .
Fitch Ratings Summer Analyst Super Day -- What to expect?
I will be going to the NYC location. There is going to be a 3 three hour formal interview process, I will be quizzed on excel, and then there is a networking session afterward. I am interested in corporate credit rating. What should I expect? I am a woman from a top 20 public school btw.
S&P Ratings Excellence Development (CREDit) Program
So S&P recently (I think 2015) started a 3 year trainee program. I will intern there this summer (Europe) and was hoping to get some insights on the CREDit program (compensation, mobility in terms of offices in different countries, exit opps after completion of the 3-years program and general...
1st round Credit Ratings firm interview, what should I expect?
Got an interview for a "big 3" ratings firm, what kind of questions should I expect? Technical or mainly fit? Background: applied sciences, 3.9/4.2 GPA, interested in finance but probably lack the technical knowledge compared to business/finance majors! Any help/opinions welcome!
Morningstar Ratings
Does anyone here have a Morningstar premium subscription? If so how helpful is it and how accurate have the ratings/recommendations by Morningstar been? Also how is the Mutual Fund/ ETF info compared to stocks? Comparable or not Just want to know if I should upgrade and get premium.
Bond Rating Agency Exit Opps
Does anyone have any idea what kind of exit opportunities there are from the big 3 ratings agencies? I imagine that they would include credit hedge funds/ PE / Asset Management , but is there anything else I’m not thinking of? More specifically, would FI S&T be an option?
CRA Exit Opportunities
Howdy fellow monkeys, I recently started working for one of the Big 3 CRA's. I am definitely enjoying my job and gaining more financial statement analysis experience than I anticipated. I am curious to know what the exit opportunities are for someone with experience in credit research? Possibly 1.5...
Working at Major Ratings Firms (Moodys, Fitch, etc.)
What sort of things can I do to get in at one of these firms from a banking job? What sorts of experiences should I seek out at the bank?
Help with career choices
If you had a choice between a very small boutique management consulting firm vs. a Rating Agency firm, what would would you go with? My goal is to go to a top MBA and I aspire to end up in a PE shop or a Corporate Strategy role some day. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
From Credit Rating Agency to Equity Research - how common?
I've seen the discussion in other part of the forums, but I wanted to see what people with insight into ER think about the exit opps from CRAs. It's one of the big 3 firms and an analyst position for the financial institutions team. How good are my chances of moving into ER after 1-2 years? Do I...
Returns and Credit Rating
I was telling a friend that I'm buying a few sizes of Timberland boots on Zappos to decide which size I want and then returning the ones that don't fit. He said that doing that can fuck with my credit. That sounds false, but can anyone confirm that for me?
Standard & Poors And Why They Are Still Wrong
Last year on August 5th, in a press release Standard & Poors (S&P) landed a nuclear bomb on American creditworthiness. After the dust settled from the financial crises, rating agencies were targeted by regulators as “ failures to act ” in not doing enough to properly report and avert...
Matt Taibbi's latest in Rolling Stone
On June 19, Matt Taibbi published an article called The Last Mystery of the Financial Crisis (link below), expounding on the role of rating agencies in the 2008 financial crisis. [quote]"Please note that in relation to assumed spread [volatility] for the Aa and A there is no actual data backing up...
Info on credit rating agency pay
was wondering if anyone had any info on pay for a research assistant at a credit agency such as Moodys/S&P/Fitch tried glassdoor but it was all over the place any info would be greatly appreciated thanks
S&P's $2 Trillion Mistake
Just the Facts: S&P's $2 Trillion Mistake By: John Bellows 8/6/2011 In a document provided to Treasury on Friday afternoon, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) presented a judgment about the credit rating of the U.S. that was based on a $2 trillion mistake. After Treasury pointed out this error – a basic...
Can Someone Please Explain
why GE, ExxonMobile, ADP, J&J and Microsoft have AAA ratings and are rated higher than the U.S. Economy itself?
why does the market still listen to Moody/S&P ?
the credit rating agencies have shown us how incompetent and corruptible they are, when they blindly rated junk bonds AAA. They are thinking now of downgrading US credit rating... Should we really take those guys seriously ?
Credit Rating Agencies???
Hello everyone, For my MBA, I'm currently doing a very short financial study about Credit Rating Agencies and Investments. I really appreaciate to have your investors point of view. Here is the link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewf… I'm waiting for your comments, Thanks for all,...
Credit Rating Agencies
Hello everyone, For my MBA, I'm currently doing a very short financial study about Credit Rating Agencies and Investments. I really appreaciate to have your investors' point of view. Here is the link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewf… Thanks for all, David.
Treasuries to Lose AAA Rating?
The worldwide sovereign debt crisis may be about to take a turn for the worse if recent bond sales are any indication. Some corporate bonds have begun to yield less than U.S. treasuries, in effect suggesting that the corporate bonds are the safer bet. As reported by Bloomberg and NPR, Berkshire...
Credit ratings period question
Question all, Im trying to set a credit rating for a 5 year loan. However the loan's interest rate is to be reset every 1 year period. Would I base the interest rate of the loan on the 5 year rating, or the 1 year rating? Thanks in advance
Moody's internships/analyst positions?
Hey guys, Looking for a plan B in case a FO banking job doesn't fall through for my junior summer. I'm curious if anyone has experience working at Moody's? I'm having problems finding anything about their internships at all, so any help is appreciated, as it's pretty hard to be more specific in my...
Credit rating model
Monkeys, does anyone happen to have a credit rating model that i could get my hands on? I'd like to see how the big rating agencies actually rate companies and how IBs try to predict the ratings so i'd appreciate any hints on where I could find a working model. something like macabacus would be...
How many "buy-side" investment clients would pay between $20,000 to $40,000 service fees for big 3 credit rating agency - Moody'
Hello, I am doing research on the credit rating industry. There is much controversy among Credit rating agency's business model post sub-prime. The issuer pay model clearly has serious conflict of interests. Beside income from debt issuers, does anyone know roughly how many investment clients (e.g....
Credit Rating for Debt in an LBO
What is the typical credit rating that private equity firms seek to have their debt rated? Is there any typical range?
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