Company: Fitch

Growth companies creating six-figure jobs in finance

If you want to find a niche area of financial services that is both growing (for the moment) and creating highly paid jobs, try the ratings agencies. While banks struggle, ratings agencies are enjoying booming revenues. Moody’s was surprising upbeat last week when it reported fourth quarter results, with revenues rising 33% versus the same period of […]

Sectors explained -Data Providers & Credit Rating Agencies

Credit rating agencies assess the likelihood that an organisation issuing debt will fail to pay back its creditors fully and on time – called ‘going into default’. Organisations are rated from AAA (virtually guaranteed to pay up on time) through to C (indicating a high risk of default). Risks are classified as ‘investment grade’ if […]