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Raynes Casts Doubts on Franken’s Rating Clearinghouse

R&R Consulting — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:37:14 +0000

R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes expresses skepticism over the effectiveness of a Senate proposal to establish a clearinghouse for rating complex securities.

Read the full article by Karen Brettell, “Franken bill unlikely to make ratings more reliable,” Reuters, May 14, 2010.

R&R’s Raynes Weighs in on Banks vs Rating Agencies

R&R Consulting — Fri, 14 May 2010 11:49:26 +0000

Rating Agencies have borne much of the blame for the credit crisis, but now they’re fighting back with accusations that they were misled by the banks whose securities they rated. R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes provides his insights on the controversy on Business News Network’s Squeezeplay.

R&R’s Rutledge on Need for Ratings Follow-Up

R&R Consulting — Thu, 06 May 2010 14:15:39 +0000

R&R Consulting principal Ann Rutledge is interviewed in an article on how to address the monopoly rating agencies currently enjoy, to the detriment of the debt market and the economy as a whole.

Read the full article by Vanessa Drucker, “Second Rate,” on the FundStrategy website.

CNN Interviews R&R’s Raynes on Rating Agency Culpability

R&R Consulting — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:01:55 +0000

R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes is among the experts interviewed by CNN’s Alan Chernoff for a feature on the role of rating agencies in the credit crisis.

Watch “The other economic culprit,” on CNN, April 30, 2010.

Raynes: CDOs Are Nothing Without Analysis

R&R Consulting — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:28:03 +0000

MarketWatch interviews R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes on the importance of informed analysis in marketing CDOs.

Read the full article by Alistair Barr: “Out of Thin Air: Synthetic CDOs, at the center of Goldman suit, inflated the credit bubble,” MarketWatch, April 26, 2010.