The civil liability of credit rating agencies in South African law: recent developments in comparative perspective

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dc.contributor.advisorJooste, Richarden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Simonen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-05T03:53:46Z
dc.date.available2014-11-05T03:53:46Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical referencesen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe losses caused by the on-going financial crisis now exceed $4 trillion. This is in addition to the associated social and economic costs that are more difficult to measure. From a litigator’s perspective it is not surprising that these massive losses have triggered a very large number of civil claims. In the immediate aftermath of the crisis these claims were mostly run-of-the-mill misrepresentation actions by investors against their investment advisors, but there is now a clear, global trend where plaintiffs are casting their nets more widely and going after the financial actors allegedly responsible for the crisis itself. One class of defendants who fit squarely in this category are credit rating agencies. These financial actors are facing a global push by lawmakers to regulate their operations with, inter alia, the express aim of setting parameters for the liability ratings agencies should incur in the publication of ratings.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationThompson, S. (2013). <i>The civil liability of credit rating agencies in South African law: recent developments in comparative perspective</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9155en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationThompson, Simon. <i>"The civil liability of credit rating agencies in South African law: recent developments in comparative perspective."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9155en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationThompson, S. 2013. The civil liability of credit rating agencies in South African law: recent developments in comparative perspective. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Thompson, Simon AB - The losses caused by the on-going financial crisis now exceed $4 trillion. This is in addition to the associated social and economic costs that are more difficult to measure. From a litigator’s perspective it is not surprising that these massive losses have triggered a very large number of civil claims. In the immediate aftermath of the crisis these claims were mostly run-of-the-mill misrepresentation actions by investors against their investment advisors, but there is now a clear, global trend where plaintiffs are casting their nets more widely and going after the financial actors allegedly responsible for the crisis itself. One class of defendants who fit squarely in this category are credit rating agencies. These financial actors are facing a global push by lawmakers to regulate their operations with, inter alia, the express aim of setting parameters for the liability ratings agencies should incur in the publication of ratings. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - The civil liability of credit rating agencies in South African law: recent developments in comparative perspective TI - The civil liability of credit rating agencies in South African law: recent developments in comparative perspective UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9155 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9155
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationThompson S. The civil liability of credit rating agencies in South African law: recent developments in comparative perspective. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9155en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Commercial Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleThe civil liability of credit rating agencies in South African law: recent developments in comparative perspectiveen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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