标准普尔寻求驳回对金融危机期间RMB和CDO评级的司法部证券欺诈诉讼bob200体育

In the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC is asking for the dismissal of a US Department of Justice securities fraud lawsuit accusing the ratings firm of knowing that it was issuing faulty ratings to collateralized debt obligations and residential mortgage-backed securities during the financial crisis. S & P is contending that the claims are against judicial precedent and don’t establish wrongdoing.

政府于今年早些时候起诉了信用评级巨头及其母公司McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.（MHP）。它声称，标准普尔通过错误地表示其对抵押债务义务和住宅抵押贷款支持证券的评级是独立且客观的，这是独立的，目的是对特定证券的人为高评级，而忽略了所涉及的风险。bob200体育根据1989年《金融机构的改革，恢复和执法法》提交，这是针对与经济危机有关的评级机构提起的第一个联邦法律诉讼。

但是，现在，标准普尔认为，司法部的RMBS诉讼并未成功指控欺诈。信贷评估者说，不应该因为无法预见2008年的金融危机而被指责。

标普认为，检察官在其案件中所依赖的声明是不可行的，因为其他法院在过去的联邦案件中遇到了类似的挑战。信用评级机构引用了Boca Raton消防员和警察养老基金诉巴哈斯，，，，in which U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s decision affirmed the tossing out of a pension fund’s securities case against S & P after finding that statements about the “credibility and objectivity” of the agency’s ratings were the type of “puffery” that previously was not considered actionable.

同样，标准普尔声称，其指控误导了投资者关于其评级的客观性和准确性在这项CDO诉讼中无法成功的指控。相反，他们证明，在被证明是经济崩溃的开始期间，该机构内部就金融工具如何向前发展进行了辩论。

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