Examining Proposals to Enhance the Regulation of Credit Rating AgenciesFOX Business: Interview on Ratings Agency ReformBNN: Ratings Agencies RegsCNBC: Ratings Agency Could Be A Game ChangerCNBC: New Rules For Credit Ratings AgenciesFox Business: Pressure on Rating Firms
Rapid Ratings International CEO, James Gellert discusses House Finance Committee testimony on BNN
James Gellert, CEO of Rapid Ratings International discusses the House of Represetatives hearings on credit ratings agency oversight and the Administration (Treasury), House and Senate proposals regarding regulation.
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James H. Gellert, Chairman and CEO of Rapid Ratings International, testified on “Reforming Credit Rating Agencies”
NEW YORK, September 29, 2009 -- James H. Gellert, Chairman and CEO of Rapid Ratings International, testified on “Reforming Credit Rating Agencies” at a hearing of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services and Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
The CEO's of Moody's, S&P, Fitch and Rapid Ratings International testify before congress as ratings regulatory rules are being rewritten.
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Rapid Ratings International CEO, James Gellert will address House Financial Services Committee Wednesday, September 30
James H. Gellert, Chairman and CEO of Rapid Ratings International, Will Address Credit Rating Industry Reform and Oversight, To the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services and Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance
James Gellert discusses proposed Ratings Industry Regulation on Bloomberg News
Rapid Ratings CEO, James Gellert and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink both discuss proposed regulation on Bloomberg News.
Respected financial jounalist Erin Arvedlund profiles Rapid Ratings for Barron's
Barron's profiles Rapid Ratings with an interview with CEO, James Gellert on front page of Hedge Funds monthly report.
FOX Business: Interview recap of Senate Banking Committee testimony
CEO of Rapid Ratings International, James H. Gellert, discussed the criticisms of Ratings Agencies and flaws of the Obama Administrations’ ratings reform proposals.
C-SPAN: Senate Banking Committee.
Examining Proposals to Enhance the Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies
The Senate Banking Committee invited James H. Gellert, Rapid Ratings’ CEO, to testify at the Ratings Agency Reform Hearing on August 5, 2009.
Panel starts at 1hr 19min. Mr. Gellert's prepared testimony begins at 1hr 27min. Q&A begins at 1hr 53min.
FOX Business: Interview on Ratings Agency Reform
Rapid Ratings CEO James H. Gellert joined FOX Business in the discussion on the conflicts of interest of credit ratings firms and whether reform will help.
BNN: Ratings Agencies Regs
CEO of Rapid Ratings International, James H. Gellert discusses the Treasury Department's "Investor Protection Act of 2009" concerning reform of the ratings industry. Gellert raises concerns regarding Treasury's focus on curbing behavior in the issuer paid business model, rather than attacking the business model itself.
Gellert proposes a crack down on the ratings industry's dominance by The Big Three traditional agencies, and consequently increased competition, as the best way to create more accurate ratings models.
CNBC: Ratings Agency Could Be A Game Changer
Amidst scrutinty and criticism of the traditional ratings agencies, CEO of Rapid Ratings International, James Gellert, presents a new ratings approach on CNBC's Squawk Box. CNBC's Erin Burnett claims Rapid Ratings' unique model could be a game changer for the financial industry.
