Unsealed Documents Expose Morgan Stanley Forcing Rating Agencies To Inflate Ratings
BBAis the British Bankers Association…….(definition by Investopedia): Among other things, the BBA is responsible for continually improving the Banking Code…….(I’m not making this up)
“Reuters' Allison Frankel points out that this discredits the rating agencies, who are once again exposed for being corrupt, complicit and arguably, criminal organizations, betraying any core values for the client's buck.
By sending a supposedly "threatening" email to an S&P higher-up when an analyst proposed granting the SIV a BBB rating, Morgan Stanley boosted the rating to an A, the plaintiffs assert. In support, they quote an email from Morgan Stanley exec Greg Drennan, who had sent the allegedly menacing email: The bank's efforts, Drennan wrote, "did get us the rating we wanted in the end."
Of course they did. You paid and threatened to get it. One wonders (not really) if the same series of events occurred last week when Morgan Stanley got just a two notch downgrade from Moody's instead of the much anticipated 3 notches.
One also wonders (not really) when US regulators will go after Morgan Stanley with eagerness that British regulators appear to be pursuing Barclays? “
Article from Bloomberg…..
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