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Standard and Poor’s Rating Agencies 2008 Mark Adelson 2010-10-22 FCIC staff audiotape of interview with Mark Adelson, Standard & Poor’s.mp3 Henry Alblescu 2010-05-14 FCIC staff audiotape of interview with Henry Alblescu, Standard & Poor’s.mp3

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AIG – Rating Agencies – Downgrades – Triggers 2008 0915 – WSJ – S&P Downgrades AIG, Citing ‘Reduced Flexibility’- [link] All of these ratings remain on CreditWatch with negative implications, where they were placed on Sept. 12, 2008. “The main reason for the rating actions is the combination of reduced flexibility in meeting additional collateral needs…

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Credit Ratings – Government Hearings 2004 0914 – GOV (House) – The Ratings Game: Improving Transparency and Competition Among the Credit Rating Agencies [PDF-71p, House – Committee on Financial Services – Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises 2008 1022 – GOV (House) – Credit Rating Agencies and the Financial Crisis, (CSPAN) Credit…

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AIG – A,M. Best 2008 0528 – A.M. Best – A.M. Best Removes Ratings of AIG’s Property/Casualty and Life Subsidiaries From Under Review; Affirms, Assigns Negative Outlook – [link] Best added that the holding company downgrade reflects its “viewpoint of the detrimental implications of AIG’s risk management and aggressive risk appetite relating to investment concentrations…

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AIG – Rating Agencies AIG – AM Best AIG – Fitch AIG – Moody’s AIG – Standard and Poor’s – S&P judicialwatch.org/files/documents/2009/558_treasuryAIG.pdf 2009 09 – GAO – Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Government Assistance Provided to AIG – 101p re: 2005 Even as Frost spoke, trouble was brewing for AIG. On March 14, 2005, its legendary…

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Moody’s AIG – Moody’s 2021 0709 – Moody’s – US municipal bond defaults and recoveries, 1970-2020 – 113p Also, you had a lot of different interests in Executive Life. You had joint service and Goldman Sachs had bought a lot of the muni-GICs at 10¢ on a dollar. It was looking for the big pop. Whether…

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Credit Ratings External credit enhancement is very popular and very easy to understand. It’s very easy for the investors to analyze. If one of these firms is insuring the bonds, the rating agency doesn’t even look at the transaction. It looks at financial statements of the entity insuring the bonds. It’s a very simple analysis.…

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