15-16 May 2008

Summit Conference on DCRAs Best Practices

Bangkok

10 December  2007

Best Practices Dialogue
Topics:

1. How Should ACRAA monitor best practices amongst its member CRAs?
   
   
2. Role of Rating Outlook in Communicating to market/Investors
   
   
3. What are the best practices for withdrawal of ratings?  Should the rating list of CRAs continue to show the withdrawn ratings for a certain period?

Manila, ADB

3 April 2007

Best Practices Dialogue
Topics:

1. Investing in Investor Education – Are we doing enough?
   
   
2. GCRAs vs DCRAs
   
   
3. Is there a responsibility on CRAs for developing debt markets? – Action points for developing debt markets

Jakarta, Indonesia
PT Moody’s

21 November 2006

Best Practices Dialogue
Topics:

1. Managing Activities with Potential Conflicts of Interest - Ratings and Advisory Businesses
   
   
2. Trustee’s Role in Credit Enhanced Instruments – Should Rating Agencies Monitor?
   
3. The Ethics of using Pricing as a Tool of Competitive Advantage

Manila, ADB

2 June 2006

Best Practices Dialogue
Topics:

1. Steps to Accelerate Cross Border Investment in Asia
   
   
2. ACRAA Best Practices Adoption – Status and Way forward
   
   
3. Rating Harmonization" -  Agenda for Action

Bali, Indonesia
PEFINDO

3 June 2005

Best Practices Dialogue
Topics:

1. Role of Rating Agencies under Basel II –Issues in harmonization and mapping with Global Agencies.
   
   
2. Cross Sector Consistency of Ratings-how to manage and measure.
   
   
3. “Through-the-Cycle” Rating – Striking a balance between  volatile ratings and insensitive/inaccurate ratings.

Manila, ADB

18 November 2004

Best Practices Dialogue
Topics: 

1. “Dealing with Lack of Information or Withholding of Information”
   
   
2. “Conflict of Interest-How rating agencies handle conflict”
   
   
3. Harmonization of Rating Standards and Rating Practices:  Some Concrete Initial Steps”

Manila, ADB

12 September 2003

Dialogue on Best Practices
Topics

      1.    Meaning of Default

      2.   Factoring corporate governance into credit             ratings

Bangkok, Thailand
TRIS

12 March 2003

Dialogue on Special Rating Issues
Topic:  Rating of Well-secured Debts

New Delhi, India
ICRA

28 August 2002

Dialogue on Best Practices
Areas covered:  Code of Ethics; Rating Process; Code of Conduct for Rating Agencies; and Communication

K.L., Malaysia
RAM