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DBRS provides investors with rating, research and analytic information to make informed investment decisions. DBRS analysts are focused on servicing the investors first and foremost with timely, insightful, opinionated analysis and the highest caliber client servicing. In addition to being the leading rating agency in Canada, DBRS has a growing ratings business throughout North America and Europe.

DBRS features two primary investor oriented products:

Web Subcriptions – Access to research, ratings and other content via DBRS.com.

RatingsNow – DBRS ratings data delivered conveniently in a form useful to you.

Web Subscriptions

DBRS.com is primary means by which investors, bankers, credit professionals and others obtain content that is published by DBRS. Key features include:

Access to all global corporate, structured finance, financial institutions and public finance ratings and research.
Access to DBRS analysts for one-on-one discussions.
Customizable “As It Happens” alerts on all ratings and other content as it is released or compiled at the end of the day.
Access to all Newsletters, Methodologies, Industry Studies, Peer Comparisons, Company Reports and New Issue Reports
Complimentary access to all DBRS events, including conferences, teleconferences and analyst seminars.
Data Models and Analytics including:

RatingsNow:

DBRS RatingsNow is the authoritative data feed of DBRS debt ratings. With DBRS standing behind the feed, you can proceed with confidence in your decisions, knowing that you backed by accurate and up-to-date ratings data.

The product is used by financial institutions and investment firms to automatically populate internal rating databases. The automated ratings feed reduces resources required to manually inputting, tracking and maintaining ratings data.

RatingsNow provides you with the full DBRS rated universe covering Corporate, Structured Finance, Public Finance, and Leveraged Finance issuers.

Key Features include:

End-of-day updates of ratings actions delivered electronically via a file transfer protocol (FTP) site
CUSIP security identifiers for easy mapping
Up to 19 fields of security identifiers
Historical ratings are also available
Integrates into existing databases
Daily, weekly or monthly updates
Direct feed of DBRS ratings to your database

Other Reasons to Use DBRS

Recognized: DBRS is fully recognized by regulatory bodies in the United States, Canada and Europe

SEC: DBRS was registered on September 24, 2007, under the U.S. Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006 and the accompanying SEC rules

ECAI/Basel II: DBRS is an eligible ECAI and its ratings can be used to determine regulatory capital under Basel II in Canada, US and in a wide variety of European countries. DBRS has also been approved by the European Central Bank as an eligible ECAI within the Euro system Credit Assessment Framework (ECAF)

NAIC: DBRS ratings are fully recognized in measuring capital necessary for a given investment portfolio

2a-7: DBRS ratings can be used for Money Market Funds Rule 2a-7 compliance

Market Impact: DBRS is included in the Bloomberg composite ratings as well as featured on Bloomberg DES, CAPR, RMBS and CMBS screens