Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Moody's Excluded From Rating 70 Percent of New Commercial-Mortgage Bonds

(Bloomberg) -- Moody's Investors Service has been
excluded from rating 70 percent of new commercial mortgage-backed
securities after toughening its guidelines.

Moody's has been shut out of nine of the past 13 deals as
underwriters sought better ratings from rival companies, Tad
Philipp, a managing director at Moody's said today in a telephone
interview. The securities had a face value of more than $25
billion.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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