Answer: (d) All of the above
Agency Problem is defined as the conflict of interest where one party is expected to work on the best interest of other party.
Ex: Management and Shareholders of a company. Shareholders expect management to work in the best interest of the shareholders for their wealth creation
If an accounting firm is getting paid for the audit of a company which is paying them, then there is a conflict of interest. Accounting firm might give a favorable report in the company's interest as its payment is dependent and due by it.
Bond insurance of an issuer, and its rating given by Rating companies like S&P and Moody's in the issuer-interest is of conflicting. Issuer-paying credit ratings have implicit conflict of interest.
An example(s) of an Agency Problems is: a. Bond insurance rating by S&P, Moody's and others...
10. Bond ratings
Rating agencies-such as Standard & Poor's (S&P), Moody's Investor Service, and Fitch Ratings-assign credit ratings to bonds based on both quantitative and qualitative factors. These ratings are considered indicators of the issuer's default risk, which impacts the bond's interest rate and the issuer's cost of debt capital. Based on these ratings, bonds are classified into investment-grade bonds and junk bonds. Which of the following bonds is likely to be classified as an investment-grade bond? O A bond...
10. Bond ratings Aa Aa Rating agencies-such as Standard & Poor's (S&P), Moody's Investor Service, and Fitch Ratings-assign credit ratings to bonds based on both quantitative and qualitative factors. These ratings are considered indicators of the issuer's default risk, which impacts the bond's interest rate and the issuer's cost of debt capital. Based on these ratings, bonds are classified into investment-grade bonds and junk bonds. Which of the following bonds is likely to be classified as a junk bond? OA...
Rating agencies-such as Standard& Poor's (S&P), Moody's Investor Service, and Fitch Ratings-assign credit ratings to bonds based on both quantitative and qualitative factors. These ratings are considered indicators of the issuer's default risk, which impacts the bond's interest rate and the issuer's cost of debt capital. Based on these ratings, bonds are classified into investment-grade bonds and junk bonds. Which of the following bonds is likely to be classified as an investment-grade bond? O A bond whose issuer has a...
Rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's (S&P), Moody's Investor Service, and Fitch Ratings-assign credit ratings to bonds based on both quantitative and qualitative factors. These ratings are considered indicators of the issuer's default risk, which impacts the bond's interest rate and the issuer's cost of debt capital. Based on these ratings, bonds are classified into investment-grade bonds and junk bonds. Which of the following bonds is likely to be classified as a junk bond? A bond with a B...
Could you please help me solve problem E7-33. Assessing the
Effects of Bond Credit Rating Changes
Ford Motor Co. reports the following information from the Risk
Factors and the Management Discussion
and Analysis sections of its 2015 10-K report.
Credit Ratings Our short-term and long-term debt is rated by
four credit rating agencies designated
as nationally recognized statistical rating organizations
(“NRSROs”) by the?U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission:
• DBRS Limited (“DBRS”);
• Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”);
• Moody’s Investors Service, Inc....
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