When evaluating issuer specific matters, Fitch will focus on board effectiveness, management effectiveness, transparency of financial ... a negative impact on ratings. The updated criteria report ...

And the fifth criteria is: are they entering into partnerships with local community organizations? If a combination of those five factors comes up positive, we rate them on the impact scale and then ...

Each year since then, these organizations have either improved both the expected impact ratings and the financial performance of their portfolios ... we mean by "impact," and to align our investment ...

Napoletano is a former registered financial advisor and ... in global investing and impact investing. “The rating firms tend to rely on multiple criteria to evaluate each of the individual ...

impact investing, or socially responsible investing (SRI). To assess a company based on ESG criteria, investors look at a broad range of behaviors and policies. ESG investors seek to ensure the ...

Frederick Health Hospital's credit rating indicating how likely it can ... Fitch said in its news release on the downgrade that the financial impact of a recent ransomware attack FHH experienced ...

The development comes as ratings providers try to navigate a changing landscape in which there’s little consensus on how to assess the long-term financial impact of environmental, social and ...