2008 crisis: S&P reaches $1.38-bn settlement for its inflated ratings
4 Feb 2015 1:29 AM GMT
The McGraw Hill Financial subsidiary Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC reached a settlement with the Justice Department over ratings issued from 2004 through 2007. The settlement also resolves lawsuits filed by the attorneys general of 19 states and the District of Columbia. McGraw Hill Financial Inc said the settlement contains no findings of violations of law by itself, S&P Financial Services or Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
The credit rating agency's agreement represents one of the government's key efforts to hold accountable market players deemed responsible for contributing to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The settlement announced today came after months of negotiations.The Justice Department filed civil fraud charges against S&P two years ago this week. It accused the company of failing to warn investors that the housing market was collapsing in 2006 because doing so would hurt its ratings business.
The credit rating agency's agreement represents one of the government's key efforts to hold accountable market players deemed responsible for contributing to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The settlement announced today came after months of negotiations.The Justice Department filed civil fraud charges against S&P two years ago this week. It accused the company of failing to warn investors that the housing market was collapsing in 2006 because doing so would hurt its ratings business.
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