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US SEC charges six credit rating agencies with recordkeeping failures

2024.09.03 17:16

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged six credit rating agencies with “significant recordkeeping failures.”

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021.  REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

The agencies are Moody’s (NYSE:) Investors Service, S&P Global Ratings, Fitch Ratings, HR Ratings de Mexico, A.M. Best Rating Services and Demotech.

The SEC said the agencies acknowledged that their conduct violated recordkeeping provisions of federal securities laws and agreed to pay combined civil penalties of more than $49 million.



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