Abstract

RINALDO, CARLOTTA. European Regulation on Rating Agencies: Liability Profiles. Rev. Derecho Privado [online]. 2017, n.32, pp.353-381. ISSN 0123-4366.  https://doi.org/10.18601/01234366.n32.12.

This article presents briefly the role of credit rating in the financial markets. After it provides a first overview of the legislation outlined by the European legislator, in particular on the rules on civil liability of agencies in the event of dissemination of an erroneous credit rating. At the end, it exposes some of its shortcomings.

Keywords : Rating agencies; credit rating; civil liability; capital markets; EC Regulation 1060/2009.

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