Credit Ratings for Issuers and Debt Instruments

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Credit Ratings for Issuers and Debt Instruments

S&I Ratings provides independent credit rating services for issuers and debt instruments. This service helps issuers understand their current creditworthiness, identify potential risks, and develop plans to improve and enhance their position in the credit market.

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What is a Credit Rating?

Issuer Rating: This involves providing an objective assessment of an issuer's ability to fully and timely meet its future debt obligations.
Debt Instrument Rating: This involves providing an objective assessment of the ability of a specific type of debt obligation (e.g., bonds) to be fully and timely met, based on the characteristics of that obligation.

Why should you care about
Credit Ratings for Issuers and Debt Instruments reports?

Benefits for Issuers

Understanding current creditworthiness and identifying potential risks
Increasing transparency to attract investors
Enhancing the success rate in raising capital
Elevating brand and market position

Overview of
Credit Rating Methodology

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Credit Rating Scale

The credit rating scale ranges from AAA, reflecting the highest credit quality, to D, reflecting the lowest credit quality.

Rating Methodology

Including qualitative and quantitative criteria to assess risk factors and measure the impact of each factor on the issuer's ability to fully and timely meet debt obligations.

Rating Process

Description of the steps for credit rating services, starting from customer consultation to the announcement of the rating results.

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Credit Assessment Report

S&I Ratings provides analysis and assessment services on financial capacity and risk identification in the operations of issuers. The reports help businesses gain a clearer understanding of their current creditworthiness, enabling them to implement solutions to enhance their position before undergoing a credit rating.

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Second Party Opinion (SPO)

S&I Ratings provides SPO services with the goal of supporting issuers in Vietnam to build trust with investors, enhance transparency and promote access to sustainable sources of capital

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