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EU toughens regulation on credit rating agencies

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CRAs would also have to consult rating decision issuers and investors on any hogan outlet intended changes to their rating methodologies, and such changes would have to be communicated to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) which would check the legitimacy of the move.The reform package came nike air max as the most aggressive effort by the EU to rein in an industry that some European leaders have blamed for vibram fingers shoes exacerbating the sovereign debt crisis with "subjective" rating decisions.Greece, Ireland and Portugal all suffered downgrades that sharply pushed up their bond yields over the past two years, before asking for international bailouts.To mitigate the impact of each rating, it is proposed that EU member states would be rated more frequently, from the current every 12 months to every six months, and investors chi hot iron and member countries would be informed of the underlying facts on each rating.