Moody's Analytics
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Moody’s Analytics provides capital markets and risk management professionals with credit analysis, economic research, financial risk management software, and advisory services. The firm, a global organization with offices in New York City
New York City
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, San Francisco, London
London
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Paris
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, Brazil
Brazil
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, Canada
Canada
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, Japan
Japan
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, Hong Kong
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, Australia
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, and China
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, has approximately USD 600 million in annual revenue.

History

The firm was formed as a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation in 2007, when the company split into two operating divisions. Moody's Investors Service, the rating agency, and Moody's Analytics, with all of its other products.

In 2002, the parent Moody's Corporation acquired KMV, which provides quantitative credit risk management tools including KMV’s flagship solution, the EDF™ (Expected Default Frequency). KMV, formerly known as Kealhofer, McQuown and Vasicek, was headquartered in San Francisco, CA. In 2005, Economy.com, based in West Chester, Pennsylvania
West Chester, Pennsylvania
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 was added to the portfolio. This expansion, added economic, financial, country and industry research and data services. In 2006, the firm acquired Wall Street Analytics, a developer of structured finance analysis and monitoring software — an addition enhancing the firm's collateralized debt obligation
Collateralized debt obligation
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s (CDO) product suite and added mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and asset-backed securities (ABS) analytic software capabilities.

In 2008, the now separate Moody's Analytics acquired Fermat International, a Paris
Paris
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, France
France
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 based provider of risk and performance management software to the global banking sector. Also in 2008, it acquired Enb Consulting, a provider of training services for the financial markets, including technical and soft skills programs for banking and capital markets professionals. That company had been founded in 2000 in the United Kingdom
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.

In 2010, the firm acquired Canadian Securities Institute Global Education Inc.
Canadian Securities Institute
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 (CSI). That company had a 40 year history as Canada
Canada
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’s leading provider of financial learning, credentials, and certification, serving in excess of 700,000 professionals.

Executive officers

  • Mark Almeida - President
  • Geoff Fite - Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer

Awards

Publications and organizations have recognized the firm with the following awards:
  • Waters Rankings 2011 – “Best Credit Risk Solutions Provider”
  • Risk Technology Rankings 2010 - #1 in Basel II Compliance, Regulatory Risk Capital
  • Risk Technology Rankings 2010 - #3 in Economic Risk Calculation
  • Risk Technology Rankings 2010 - #3 in Asset and Liability Management
  • Asia Risk Technology Survey 2010 - #1 in Liquidity Management
  • Chartis RiskTech100 2010 - #1 in Credit Risk overall
  • Waters Rankings 2010 – “Best Credit Risk Solutions Provider”

External links

  • Moody's Analytics
  • http://www.moodysanalytics.com/russia
  • http://www.riskcalc.ru/
  • http://www.riskanalyst.ru/
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