Author: Thomas Missong
EACRA elects a new Board
The European Association of Credit Rating Agencies (EACRA) is pleased to announce the election of its new Board. The Board elections took place on 12 May 2023 during the EACRA General Assembly held in Prague, Czech Republic. The new Board members are: EACRA is also pleased to announce that the following three sitting Board members […]
With reference to the above consultation, we are pleased to hereby submit the views of our association. Our response focuses solely on questions relative to Credit Ratings raised in your consultation.
We very much welcome the very detailed consultation on the ESG rating market and on ESG factors in credit ratings. Since a high number of questions are addressed to users of ratings and companies subject to ESG ratings, we hereby provide our general views on both sections of this consultations only.
Dear ESMA, With reference to the above consultation paper dated January 28th, 2022, we are pleased to hereby submit the views of our association. In addition, individual EACRA Members may, in accordance with the EACRA Rules of Procedure, submit separate responses to you. The consultation paper mentions several times that the developments in the private […]
On November 25th, 2021, the European Commission tabled the Capital Markets Union Package[1], which includes amongst others a legislative proposal aiming at establishing the European Single Access Point (“ESAP”) for financial and non-financial information[2]. We note that ESAP is expected to have a very extensive scope, as it should cover 21 EU Regulations and 16 […]
Dear S&P Global Ratings, With reference to your above Request for Comment dated December 6th, 2021[1], we are pleased to hereby submit the views of our association for your kind consideration. Before providing our views, we would like to recall the important principle of “non-interference with content of ratings or methodologies” as clearly stated in […]