How SOX affects investing through credit rating agencies

✍ Scribed by David A. Burnie; Sheldon A. Langsam

• Book ID: 102296269
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 71 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1044-8136
• DOI: 10.1002/jcaf.20056

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The Sarbanes‐Oxley Act (SOX) has a long reach. Is your firm issuing debt or other securities? Or are you concerned about the cost of capital? Are you responsible for structuring financial transactions or for making investments? Then you may be surprised to learn that SOX Section 702(b) can affect all these activities and more. It regulates the hugely important credit rating agencies. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.