Sentence examples for rating methodologies from inspiring English sources

"The integrity of our ratings and rating methodologies is extremely important," the company said in a written statement.

In a statement to Bloomberg, Moody's said: "The integrity of our ratings and rating methodologies is extremely important to us, and we take seriously the questions raised about European CPDOs," adding, "We are therefore conducting a thorough review of this matter".

The ones that conveniently ignored or overrode their rating methodologies to issue those high-quality ratings merely because they earned record profits from doing so?

A ratings agency would also have to disclose information about its rating methodologies.

Factors like climate and biodiversity, human rights and supply chain disruptions, which are commonly addressed by sustainability raters, are minimally present or entirely absent from credit rating methodologies.

"A recent Securities and Exchange Commission examination of our business practices found no evidence that decisions about rating methodologies or models were based on attracting market share," he said.

Google is betting that Zagat's rating methodology will make its reviews more valuable to users.

"Standard & Poor's has concluded that the proposed restructuring of Greek government debt would amount to a selective default under our rating methodology," the agency said.

The government, though, chose in February to file suit against only S.& P., accusing it of relaxing its rating methodology before the crisis to win business.

Herman has developed a unique rating methodology, which he defines as "human impact plus profit" (or the 'HIP' of the company) that he claims can be applied profitably across all asset classes such as cash, fixed income, public and private equity, real estate, hedge funds and commodities.

Mr. Utkus, in an e-mail this week, said that his biggest problem with BrightScope's rating methodology is its heavy reliance on the raw dollar amounts that people save.