Ratings Advisory Support
With credit ratings playing a significant role in attracting investors to the debt markets, the workloads of rating advisory firms have also increased exponentially in recent years. This presents a challenge to ratings advisory firms, as the longer an analyst takes to prepare a detailed rating assessment of an issuer, the fewer mandates a rating advisory firm could advise on in a particular year. The growing importance of sustainability in credit assessment of corporations has further increased the workloads of the ratings advisory teams.
Rating advisory firms can leverage Acuity Knowledge Partners’ expertise in developing standardised models and outputs based on rating agency methodologies, and reduce their time to market. Our team of ratings advisory experts have an in-depth understanding of the major rating agencies’ frameworks and can help our clients in initiating credit ratings, developing a theme, providing expert advice, preparing management for rating agency presentation, monitoring ratings and providing other value-added services including ESG risk assessment.
Support we Offer for Ratings Advisory Teams
- Identification and study of the relevant methodology
- Financial spreading
- Indicative rating models
- Credit positioning
- Benchmarking
- Peer group analysis
- Information requests/questionnaire
- Pitch book support
- Debt headroom analysis
- ESG pitch book assistance
- Rating agency presentation
- Industry thematic
- ESG risk assessment
- Issue rating
- Loss given default analysis
- Newsletters
- Ad-hoc research
Support we Offer for Ratings Advisory Teams
- Identification and study of the relevant methodology
- Financial spreading
- Indicative rating models
- Credit positioning
- Benchmarking
- Peer group analysis
- Information requests/questionnaire
- Pitch book support
- Debt headroom analysis
- ESG pitch book assistance
- Rating agency presentation
- Industry thematic
- ESG risk assessment
- Issue rating
- Loss given default analysis
- Newsletters
- Ad-hoc research
Automation and workflow management platforms
How we are different

COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS ACROSS RATINGS ADVISORY
We empower bankers with exhaustive research and analytics support across the ratings advisory and debt advisory services value chain

SEASONED PROFESSIONALS
Our team of experts with strong ratings advisory background provides support by creating dynamic operating cash flow models that show indicative overall rating analysis

EXPERIENCED TEAM TO UNDERTAKE COMPLEX TASKS
Our highly experienced analysts provide support on various scenarios, including first-time ratings, rating upgrades, capital structure optimisation and debt capacity analysis

INDUSTRY PIONEERS
With over two decades of experience working with leading banks and advisory firms, our team can support clients in all ratings considerations to develop a compelling credit story