Article: Rating Agencies: Rep. Baker Concerned About 'Oligopoly' Created by SEC.

Article: SEC expected to investigate rating agencies' ...
The Bond Buyer;  March 29, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... standards for the credit rating agencies. SEC officials refused ... most of the major rating agencies are registered with the SEC as investment advisers ... standards" for the rating agencies. But Richard Breeden, the SEC chairman at that time ...

Article: SEC Lays Out Possible Regulatory Regime for Rating ...
The Bond Buyer;  June 24, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... regulatory regime for rating agencies. SEC chairman William H ... that would require SEC registration of credit rating agencies. But Fitzpatrick's ... registration with the SEC. The rating agencies have been working

Article: Legislation: Several Groups Call for SEC to Regulate ...
The Bond Buyer;  March 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... legislation requiring rating agencies to register with the SEC and subject themselves ... testified that the rating agencies should be regulated by the SEC or by a body similar ... that would require rating agencies to register with the SEC. The one rating ...

Article: SEC EXAMINATIONS FIND SHORTCOMINGS IN CREDIT RATING ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... enabled the SEC to register and examine credit rating agencies, the agency ... turmoil, the SEC has been particularly ... interested in the rating agencies' policies ... ratings. The SEC staff's examinations found that rating agencies struggled significantly ...

Article: Rating Agencies Under SEC and Congressional ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  December 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... November 2002 SEC hearings generally ... and function of rating agencies; information ... those of existing rating agencies, potential entrants ... attended by the SEC Commissioners ... are the only rating agencies designated by the SEC as nationally ...

Transcript: SEC REGULATION OF CREDIT RATING ...
Congressional Testimony;  April 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... with an overview of the SEC`s recent work concerning credit rating agencies. I`ll begin with a brief ... then I`ll discuss recent SEC initiatives regarding credit rating agencies. Background Since 1975, the SEC has relied on credit ratings ...

Article: Rating Agencies: SEC to Study Need for More ...
The Bond Buyer;  January 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... months after the SEC held two days of hearings on the credit rating agencies to discuss ratings ... issue is whether the SEC should standardize ... for designating rating agencies as nationally recognized ... practices. The SEC also wants to explore whether the rating ...