Standard & Poor’s News
S&P Calls Federal Lawsuit ‘Retaliation’ for U.S. Downgrade
Standard & Poor's said on Tuesday the U.S. government filed a $5 billion fraud lawsuit against it in "retaliation" for its 2011 decision to strip the country of its "AAA" credit rating. The ...
First Storm Surge-Only Bond Gets S&P Rating
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services announced Tuesday that it rated the first storm surge catastrophe bond—MetroCat Re Ltd.—a $200 million issuance sponsored by First Mutual Transportation ...
G-SII Designations Might Fuel Restructurings: S&P
New requirements that will be imposed on insurers that the Group of 20's Financial Stability Board has designated to be global systemically important insurers may motivate G-SII restructurings down ...
Judge Lets U.S. Pursue $5B Fraud Lawsuit Against S&P
The U.S. government may proceed with its $5 billion lawsuit accusing Standard & Poor's of misleading investors by inflating its credit ratings, after a federal judge rejected the rating agency's ...
S&P to Defend Credit Rating ‘Puffery’ in Case Over Fraud Charges
Standard & Poor's, getting its first shot in open court at U.S. Justice Department claims it should pay as much as $5 billion in civil penalties, will defend itself by arguing reasonable ...
Congressmen Warn Credit Raters Against Repeating History on CDOs
The top executives of Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings were warned by three members of Congress against granting inflated grades to the same type of securities that ...
Capital Markets Poised To Grow Even Bigger In Cat Re Space
The participation of the capital markets in the property-catastrophe reinsurance industry is poised to explode beyond one-third of the total limits in the market, an industry executive said recently. ...
S&P Wants 15 State Lawsuits Over Ratings Brought to New York
McGraw Hill Financial Inc. and Standard & Poor's asked a panel of judges to pack up 15 state lawsuits in which they're accused of inflating securities ratings and ship them to New York where the ...