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Maxine Waters: “A decade later, does S&P's rating criteria still stipulate that S&P will only provide ratings for bond insurers if S&P…”

On the recordMay 10, 2022
A decade later, does S&P's rating criteria still stipulate that S&P will only provide ratings for bond insurers if S&P also rates every underlying issuance of that bond insurer?
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Questioning S&P's current rating practices related to bond insurers.

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