Wednesday, September 23, 2009

 

Rating Public Pension Funds?

Last week Tara Perkins of the Globe and Mail reported that rating agencies are at the crossroads...

Just like the investment portfolios of most Canadians, Walter Schroeder is a shrunken version of his former self in the wake of the financial crisis... Thee 67-year-old founder of credit rating agency DBRS Ltd. has lost a noticeable amount of weight, something that acquaintances point to when speaking of the stress he and his team have endured over the past couple of years.

...But a year after Lehman Brothers imploded, DBRS, along with other credit raters, is battling the fallout of having given high ratings to a number of securities that cratered. Now, the agencies are under fire from investors, regulators and politicians who are introducing new rules for the sector...

Zero Hedge: Rating Public Pension Funds?

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