Fitch Ratings

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Fitch Ratings is a major global credit rating agency that evaluates the creditworthiness of governments, corporations, and financial instruments worldwide.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Fitch Ratings canonical 5
DBRS 1
Fitch Group 1

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Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf credit rating agency
financial services company
competitor Moody's Investors Service
linked to: Moody's

S&P Global Ratings
linked to: Standard & Poor's
coreFunction credit rating
credit research
risk analysis
country United States
evaluates asset-backed securities
corporate bonds
corporate issuers
covered bonds
derivative instruments
financial institutions
mortgage-backed securities
municipal bonds
project finance transactions
public finance entities
sovereign bonds
sovereign issuers
structured finance products
founder John Knowles Fitch
hasGlobalOfficesIn Americas
Asia
Europe
Middle East
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England

New York City
inception 1914
industry credit ratings
financial services
languageOfWork English
operatesInSector capital markets
debt capital markets
parentOrganization Hearst Corporation
partOf Big Three credit rating agencies
provides credit opinions
macroeconomic analysis
ratings methodologies
sector research
ratingScaleIncludes A
AA
AAA
B
BB
BBB
C
CC
CCC
D
regulatesOrOverseesBy European Securities and Markets Authority
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
usesOutlookIndicators Negative
Positive
Stable
usesWatchIndicators Rating Watch Evolving
Rating Watch Negative
Rating Watch Positive

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canary Wharf hasOfficeOf Fitch Ratings
Hearst Communications owns Fitch Group
linked to: Fitch Ratings
Hearst Communications owns Fitch Ratings
Moody's Corporation hasMajorCompetitor Fitch Ratings
subject linked to: Moody's
Standard & Poor's competitor Fitch Ratings
Morningstar, Inc. acquired DBRS
linked to: Fitch Ratings