Brussels to unveil curbs on rating agencies / Barnier backtracks on ratings reforms

The European Commission put forward proposals to toughen the rules regulating credit rating agencies on the 15 November 2011.

European Voice, Vol.17, No.42, 17.11.11: Commission targets rating agencies http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2011/november/commission-proposes-tighter-rules-on-rating-agencies/72623.aspx

BBC News, 15.11.11: EU targets credit rating agencies http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15739234

France24, 15.11.11: EU sets curbs on credit rating agencies http://www.france24.com/en/20111115-european-union-curbs-credit-rating-agencies-barnier-uk-moodys-fitch-standard-poors

European Commission: RAPID: Press Release, IP/11/1355: Commission wants better quality credit ratings http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1355&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ESO: Background information: EU shake-up for rating agencies http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-shake-up-for-rating-agencies/

European Commission: DG Internal Market and Services: Securities: Rating Agencies http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/securities/agencies/index_en.htm

EUObserver, 15.11.11: Brussels to unveil credit-rating clampdown http://euobserver.com/19/114279

La Tribune, 16.11.11: Barnier passes timid curbs on rating agencies (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1176381-barnier-passes-timid-curbs-rating-agencies

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