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Personal credit ratings
An individual’s credit score, along with his or her credit report, affects his or her ability to borrow money through financial institutions such as banks.
The factors which may influence a person’s credit rating are:
ability to pay a loan
interest
amount of credit used
saving patterns[not in citation given]
spending patterns
debt
In different parts of the world different personal credit rating systems exist.
North America
In the United States, an individual’s credit history is compiled and maintained by companies called credit bureaus. Credit worthiness is usually determined through a statistical analysis of the available credit data.
A common form of this analysis is a 3-digit credit score provided by independent financial service companies such as the FICO credit score.
The term FICO is a registered trademark, comes from Fair Isaac Corporation, which pioneered the credit rating concept in the late 1950s.
In Canada, the most common ratings are the North American Standard Account Ratings, also known as the “R” ratings, which have a range between R0 and R9. R0 refers to a new account; R1 refers to on-time payments; R9 refers to bad debt. Very few people maintain the R0 status for long, as there are similar mechanisms in place in Canada that would allow for monthly updates of one’s credit rating.
East Asia (PRC, ROC, South Korea & Japan)
Australasia (Australia & NZ)
In Australia, The Australian Government “Office of the Privacy Commissioner” provides information on how to obtain a copy of your credit report. Personal credit reports in Australia are generally required to be given free of charge.
There are two main credit reporting agencies, “Veda Advantage” and “Dun & Bradstreet”
People living in Tasmania can also contact “Tasmanian Collection Service”
European Union
Corporate credit ratings
Main article: Bond credit rating
The credit rating of a corporation is a financial indicator to potential investors of debt securities such as bonds. These are assigned by credit rating agencies such as A.M. Best, Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s or Fitch Ratings and have letter designations such as A, B, C. The Standard & Poor’s rating scale is as follows, from excellent to poor: AAA, AA+, AA, AA-, A+, A, A-, BBB+, BBB, BBB-, BB+, BB, BB-, B+, B, B-, CCC+, CCC, CCC-, CC, C, D. Anything lower than a BBB- rating is considered a speculative or junk bond. The Moody’s rating system is similar in concept but the naming is a little different. It is as follows, from excellent to poor: AAA, Aa1, Aa2, Aa3, A1, A2, A3, Baa1, Baa2, Baa3, Ba1, Ba2, Ba3, B1, B2, B3, Caa1, Caa2, Caa3, Ca, C. A.M. Best rates from excellent to poor in the following manner: A++, A+, A, A-, B++, B+, B, B-, C++, C+, C, C-, D, E, F, and S.
Sovereign credit ratings
A sovereign credit rating is the credit rating of a sovereign entity, i.e. a country. The sovereign credit rating indicates the risk level of the investing environment of a country and is used by investors looking to invest abroad. It takes political risk into account.
Country risk rankings
Least risky countries, Score out of 100
Source: Euromoney Country risk March 2008
Rank
Previous
Country
Overall score
1
1
Luxembourg
99.88
2
2
Norway
97.47
3
3
Switzerland
96.21
4
4
Denmark
93.39
5
5
Sweden
92.96
6
6
Ireland
92.36
7
10
Austria
92.25
8
9
Finland
91.95
9
8
Netherlands
91.95
10
7
United States
91.27
The table shows the ten least-risky countries for investment as of March 2008. Ratings are further broken down into components including political risk, economic risk. Euromoney’s bi-annual country risk index “Country risk survey”monitors the political and economic stability of 185 sovereign countries. Results focus foremost on economics, specifically sovereign default risk and/or payment default risk for exporters (a.k.a. “trade credit” risk).
A.M. Best defines “country risk” as the risk that country-specific factors could adversely affect an insurer’s ability to meet its financial obligations.
Short term rating
A short term rating is a probability factor of an individual going into default within a year. This is in contrast to long-term rating which is evaluated over a long timeframe.
Credit rating agencies
Main article: Credit rating agency
Credit scores for individuals are assigned by credit bureaus (US; UK: credit reference agencies). Credit ratings for corporations and sovereign debt are assigned by credit rating agencies.
In the United States, the main credit bureaus are Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. A relatively new credit bureau in the US is Innovis.
In the United Kingdom, the main credit reference agencies for individuals are Experian, Equifax, and Callcredit. There is no universal credit rating as such, rather each individual lender credit scores based on its own wish-list of a perfect customer.
In Canada, the main credit bureaus for individuals are Equifax, TransUnion and Northern Credit Bureaus/ Experian.
In India, commercial credit rating agencies include CRISIL, CARE and ICRA. The credit bureaus for individuals in India are Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL) and Credit Registration Office (CRO).
The largest commercial credit rating agencies (which tend to operate worldwide) are Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s and Fitch Ratings.
References
^ Sullivan, Arthur; Steven M. Sheffrin (2003). Economics: Principles in action. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458: Pearson Prentice Hall. pp. 512. ISBN 0-13-063085-3. http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZ3R9&PMDbSiteId=2781&PMDbSolutionId=6724&PMDbCategoryId=&PMDbProgramId=12881&level=4.
^ “Consumer information center FAQ”, Equifax
^ de Servigny, Arnaud and Olivier Renault (2004). The Standard & Poor’s Guide to Measuring and Managing Credit Risk. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 13 978-0071417556.
^ “Country risk survey”: Bi-annual survey which monitors the political and economic stability of 185 sovereign countries, according to ratings agencies and market experts. The information is compiled from Risk analysts; poll of economic projections; on GNI; World Bank Global Development Finance data; Moody Investors Service, Standard & Poor and Fitch IBCA; OECD consensus groups (source: ECGD); the US Exim Bank and Atradius UK; heads of debt syndicate and loan syndications; Atradius, London Forfaiting, Mezra Forfaiting and WestLB.
^ Holden Lewis (2002-14-14). “The credit report you don’t know about”. Bankrate.com. http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/mortgages/20021114a.asp. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
^ Martin Lewis. “”Credit Ratings: How they work”. MoneySavingExpert.com. http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/credit-rating-credit-score. Retrieved 2008.
^ “Student workbook”, CIBC p. 14
See also
Alternative data
Credit risk
Default (finance)
Credit history
Credit score
Risk-based pricing
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