By March 2009, Porsche SE was aiming for its first ever credit ratings from U. S. rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's.

In early March 2008, Moody's followed suit and indicated that it would also review the county's ability to meet other bond obligations.

In March 2011 Moody's Analytics announced the release of a software program developed by Moody's Research Labs, the Mortgage Portfolio Analyzer, to assist portfolio managers in managing credit risk.

The March 10, 1926, Texas Supreme Court case State ex rel Attorney General, v. Hatcher, decided against State Treasurer W. Gregory Hatcher, who refused to comply with Attorney General Dan Moody's demands that oil rights revenue be placed into the PUF rather than the AUF.

Moody's and S & P, however, chose to affirm Ambac's AAA with their agencies after it succeeded in raising $ 1. 5 billion in new capital in March 2008.

On March 11, 2005, as part of the inaugural Mosaic Music Festival, he performed at the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay in Singapore, with his international trio of Shawn Kelley and Belinda Moody, Singaporean singers Claressa Monteiro, Jacintha Abisheganaden, Anne Weerapass and Rani Singam together with Jazz legend James Moody, in a concert to commemorate Moody's 80th birthday.

Moody's was later merged into Dun & Bradstreet, only to again become an independent corporation in October 2000.

The business was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet in 1962 and spun off as a separate company, organized as Moody's Corporation, in 2000.

The spin-off was completed on September 30, 2000 and, in the half decade that followed, the value of Moody's shares improved by more than 300 %.

In 2000, she had a small part in The Amanda Show as a customer in Moody's Point.

Hungary's sovereign foreign currency debt issuance carries investment-grade ratings from all major credit-rating agencies, although recently the country was downgraded by Moody's, S & P and remains on negative outlook at Fitch.

Indonesia regained its investment grade rating from Fitch Rating in late 2011, and from Moody's Rating in early 2012, after losing its investment grade rating in December 1997 at the onset of the Asian financial crisis which Indonesia spent more than Rp450 trillion ($ 50 billion ) to bail out lenders from banks.

The credit risk of a high-yield bond refers to the probability and probable loss upon a credit event ( i. e., the obligor defaults on scheduled payments or files for bankruptcy, or the bond is restructured ), or a credit quality change is issued by a rating agency including Fitch, Moody's, or Standard & Poors.

In North America, the five major agencies are Standard and Poor's, Moody's, Fitch Ratings, Dominion Bond Rating Service and A. M. Best.

Specific bond debts owed by both governments and private corporations is rated by rating agencies, such as Moody's, Fitch Ratings Inc., A. M. Best and Standard & Poor's.

The three main rating agencies for municipal bonds in the United States are Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch.

The company is one of the Big Three credit-rating agencies, which also include Moody's Investor Service and Fitch Ratings.

For instance, losses on $ 340. 7 million worth of CDOs issued by Credit Suisse Group added up to about $ 125 million, despite being rated AAA or Aaa by Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Group.

According to professor Frank Partnoy, the regulation of CRAs by the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) and the FED has eliminated competition between CRAs and practically forced market participants to use the services of the three big agencies, Standard and Poor's, Moody's and Fitch.

The Big Three credit rating agencies are Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investor Service, and Fitch Ratings.

By contrast, most large and medium-sized CRAs ( including Moody's, S & P, Fitch, Japan Credit Ratings, R & I, A. M. Best and others ) today rely on an " issuer-pays " business model in which most of the CRA's revenue comes from fees paid by the issuers themselves.

Following the merger, Abitibi-Consolidated was rated B1, B + and B + by Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings respectively.

Companies like Standard & Poor's, Moody's, Fitch Ratings, and Dun and Bradstreet provide such information for a fee.

Landsbanki is rated by Moody's ( Caa1 / E / NP / Developing ) and Fitch ( D / D / F / Evolving ).

* 2003 – unaudited financial statements reveal record high growth in profits in 2002 ( loan portfolio increased 70 % to US $ 1. 4 billion, assets surged 51 %, while net income rose by more than a third ); Alfa Bank, in partnership with the Lauder Institute of the Wharton School of Business, establishes a new award for Excellence in Foreign Investment, which would be presented to foreign companies operating in Russia for weighty contribution to the corporate governance and successful business operations ; Alfa Bank draws US $ 82 million unsecured syndicated loan, the biggest on record among private banks ; S & P, Fitch and Moody's upgrade Alfa Bank's rating during the year ;

* 2005 – Interbrand ranks Alfa Bank 9th strongest brand in Russia ; Mikhail Fridman becomes the member of the Public Chamber of Russia ; Alfa Bank issues US $ 225 million of subbordinated unsecured Eurobonds ; S & P, Fitch and Moody's upgrade Alfa Bank's rating during the year ;

Moody's Investors Service's closest competitors are Standard & Poor's ( S & P ) and Fitch Group.

Freddie's senior debt credit rating remains Aaa / AAA from each of the major ratings agencies Moody's, S & P, and Fitch.

The rating agencies that banks are most strictly governed by, referred to as the " Big Three " are the Fitch Group, Standard and Poor's and Moody's.

Fitch Ratings, dual-headquartered in New York and London, was one of the three Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations ( NRSRO ) designated by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975, together with Moody's and Standard & Poor's.

It is considered one of the " Big Three credit rating agencies " ( Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investor Service and Fitch Ratings ).

Fitch Ratings is the smallest of the " big three " NRSROs, covering a more limited share of the market than S & P and Moody's, though it has grown with acquisitions and frequently positions itself as a " tie-breaker " when the other two agencies have ratings similar, but not equal, in scale.

The company maintains unsurpassed ratings for insurance financial strength from all four major rating agencies ( Standard & Poors lowered ratings for a number of insurance companies, including Northwestern Mutual, to AA + in August 2011 ): A. M. Best, Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch Ratings.

In late 2009, Noble achieved " Investment Grade " ratings ( Baa3 ) from Moody's Investors Service and ( BBB -) from Standard & Poor's, complementing its initial " Investment Grade " rating ( BBB -) from Fitch the previous year.

In January 2010 Moody's followed with an upgrade of its rating perspective from " stable " to " positive.

On 8 January 2010, International credit rating agency Moody's upgraded Turkey's rating with a notch.

In January 2011, Moody's Investors Service downgraded to a " negative " outlook from " stable " some of the revenue bonds that the Chicago Department of Aviation had issued to help pay for the $ 15 billion O ' Hare Modernization Program and related capital-improvement projects.

In 2002, Moody's rating agency confirmed a Caa1rating based on the region's long-term foreign currency liabilities.

In 2002, Moody's Corporation created a corporate philanthropy program, The Moody's Foundation, focused on educational initiatives in mathematics, economics and finance.

* 2002 Organised cricket returns to Kennington Park with Tony Moody's inner-city cricket project.

In 2002 the three enterpreneurs sold the company to Moody's.