The major rating agencies are responsible for evaluating a bond issuer's credit quality. In other words, the agencies provide ratings to assure investors that money invested in a particular ...

The credit rating of a country plays a crucial role when it is issuing debt on the international bond markets – the better the rating, the lower the interest rate investors will be willing to ...

Johnson Core Plus Bond Fund earns ... Strategies with less credit risk may help to provide a reliable ballast during periods of market stress. The largest contributor to the rating is its parent ...

CCM Community Impact Bond Fund earns an Average Process Pillar rating. The leading factor in ... this fund takes on significantly lower credit risk. But in terms of long-term interest-rate ...

Mumbai: India would require a stronger credit rating as a prerequisite for inclusion into the FTSE World Government Bond Index, a 25-country benchmark with a market value of $29.5 trillion ...