The newly amended credit rating agencies regulation coming into force on 20 June will expand the scope and application of disclosure requirements and other ratings related regulation for structured finance instruments – a concept wide enough to include many transactions not traditionally thought of as securitisations.  It imposes potentially extensive disclosure requirements and rules requiring at least two ratings. It also promotes the use of smaller credit rating agencies. Previously it had been possible for parties to ignore most disclosure requirements provided that the transaction in question was not offered to the public or listed on a regulated market.

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