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SEC Charges S&P Global Ratings with Conflict of Interest Violations
By Securities Docket on November 16, 2022, 9:43 am
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged S&P Global Ratings, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) registered with the Commission, with violating conflict of interest rules designed to prevent sales and marketing considerations from influencing credit ratings. The SEC’s order finds that an issuer engaged S&P to rate a jumbo residential mortgage backed security […]
Posted in SEC, Top | Tagged Credit ratings
SEC Charges Egan-Jones Ratings Co. and CEO with Conflict of Interest Violations
By Securities Docket on June 21, 2022, 11:09 am
The SEC’s order finds that, in 2019, Egan, who at the time headed Egan-Jones’s ratings group, became involved in business and marketing activities concerning a client and was influenced by sales and marketing considerations while participating in determining a credit rating for that client, which created a prohibited conflict of interest. The order finds that by […]
Posted in SEC, Top, Uncategorized | Tagged Credit ratings