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==Credit rating agencies==
[[Credit rating agency|Credit rating agencies]] registered as such with the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC]] are "[[Nationally recognized statistical rating organization]]s". The following firms are [[Nationally recognized statistical rating organization#List of NRSROs|currently registered as NRSROs]]: A.M. Best Company, Inc.; DBRS Ltd.; Egan-Jones Rating Company; Fitch, Inc.; [[Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd.]]; LACE Financial Corp.; Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; Rating and Investment Information, Inc.;
Under the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act, an NRSRO may be registered with respect to up to five classes of credit ratings: (1) financial institutions, brokers, or dealers; (2) insurance companies; (3) corporate issuers; (4) issuers of asset-backed securities; and (5) issuers of government securities, municipal securities, or securities issued by a foreign government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sec.gov/answers/nrsro.htm |title=Rating Agencies - NRSROs |publisher=Sec.gov |date= |accessdate=2012-03-29}}</ref>
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