Wednesday, April 11, 2007

S&P to roll out recovery ratings, tweaks scale

(Reuters) - Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's set out plans to assign recovery ratings to an expanded range of "junk"-rated debt and adjusted the recovery scale backing the system to reflect the rating of unsecured debt.

S&P said on Wednesday it would start in May by revising previously assigned recovery ratings on secured debt and would publish recovery ratings for sovereigns rated in the speculative-grade category.


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