How a domestic rating agency wants to take on the big guns

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Mumbai: Homegrown Care Ratings Ltd plans to start its sovereign debt ratings service with countries in Asia and Africa, followed by Europe in the long term, a top executive said..

The board of Care Ratings last month approved setting up CareEdge Global IFSC Ltd for the purpose, managing director and group chief executive of CareEdgea group level brand identityMehul Pandya said in an interview..

If the proposal goes through, Care Ratings will be the first Indian rating agency to rate sovereign debt, a space dominated by global companies such as S&P, Moodys and Fitch..

Current regulations do not allow us (Care Ratings) to rate any foreign currency denominated debt," said Pandya, adding the Gift City subsidiary will allow it to rate foreign debt..

In August last year, Moody's Investors Service affirmed India's long-term local and foreign-currency issuer ratings at Baa3, and retained the stable outlook, while flagging risks emanating from high debt burden"..

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