Credit rating agencies like Brickwork, Care and Crystal have one job to decide whether a company is likely to default on its debt obligations. The Securities and Exchange Board of India mandates companies to get a credit rating from a CRA before they go out and borrow money. On the 6th of October SEBI ordered brickwork ratings of BWR to close its shutters for good. It's a shocking decision and even historic perhaps because we have not seen SEbi ask the CRA to wind down this way.
In today's episode for 10t October 2022, we look at how SEBI is planning on getting credit rating agencies in line.