Pending Review
In April 2026, Moody's gave up the regulatory licence of its South African subsidiary to focus on cross-border investors and African issuers, though it will continue to rate South African issuers from other locations.
Date: 2026-04-30
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is Moody's largest institutional shareholder, holding approximately 13.83% (24.67 million shares) worth approximately $12.60 billion as of Q4 2025, having first invested in the company around 2000.
Date: 2026-04-23
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Moody's Corporation was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet in 1962 and remained under its ownership until being spun off as a separate publicly traded company (NYSE: MCO) in 2000. The company was originally incorporated as The New Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in 1998 and renamed Moody's Corporation upon the spin-off.
Date: 1962-2000
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
In June 2017, ESMA fined Moody's €1.24 million for two negligent breaches of the Credit Rating Agencies Regulation relating to ratings on major institutions including the European Union itself.
Date: 2017-06-01
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
In March 2021, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) fined Moody's €3.7 million across five European entities for breaching conflict of interest rules, including inadequate policies to manage shareholder conflicts of interest. The breaches occurred between 2013 and 2017.
Date: 2021-03-30
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
In September 2024, Moody's Investors Service agreed to pay a $20 million civil penalty to the SEC for significant failures to maintain and preserve electronic communications, part of a $49 million collective fine against six NRSROs.
Date: 2024-09-03
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
The New York Times reported that Moody's 'acknowledged that it did not follow its own standards in rating the risk of securities backed by home mortgages and the collateralized debt obligations that relied on their health.'
Date: 2017-01-13
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
The settlement required Moody's to pay $437.5 million to the U.S. Department of Justice and $426.3 million to 21 states and the District of Columbia, and required reforms including separating analytical employees from commercial fee discussions and annual CEO certification of compliance for at least five years.
Date: 2017-01-14
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
In January 2017, Moody's agreed to pay $863.8 million to settle U.S. federal and state allegations that it misrepresented its independence and objectivity by assigning inflated credit ratings to toxic residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis.
Date: 2017-01-13
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Moody's operates under an 'issuer-pays' business model, as acknowledged to the House of Commons Treasury Committee in 2008, where debt issuers pay Moody's for credit ratings, creating an inherent conflict of interest.
Date: 2008-01-24
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
In 1975, the SEC identified Moody's as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO), a designation that allows its ratings to be used for regulatory purposes by banks, money market funds, and other institutions.
Date: 1975
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Moody's Investors Service generated record revenue of $1.15 billion in a single quarter (Q1 2026), with Moody's Analytics contributing an additional $926 million.
Date: 2026-04-22
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Moody's controls approximately 40% of the global credit ratings market and together with S&P Global is responsible for rating over 80% of the world's public and private debt.
Date: 2025
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Moody's Investors Service was founded in 1909 by John Moody and is the credit ratings division of Moody's Corporation. It was rebranded as Moody's Ratings in March 2024.
Date: 1909
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Moody's Investors Service filed filing with the SEC on 2020-02-24. Accession number: N/A.
Date: 2020-02-24
Added: 12 Apr 2026
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