Rating Factors for Infrastructure Bond.
Analysts are of the opinion that Nigeria’s huge infrastructural deficit is better financed by bonds instead of loans. Traditionally, infrastructure investments have [...]
Accounting Fraud: Lessons for Credit Raters.
Does anyone still remember what happened to Enron Corporation at the turn of this Century? Well, let us backtrack a little to [...]
How Tigran Risk Platform Will Improve Financial, Credit Evaluations.
DataPro is acclaimed to have first created Rating as a Service (RaaS) tool in Nigeria. At the company’s announcement of its [...]
What Is It With Bond Prices And Interest Rates?
Bonds have an inverse relationship to interest rates. When the cost of borrowing money rises (when interest rates rise), bond prices usually [...]
State Bonds: Considerations For Subnational Rating
It could as well count as part of the dividends of democracy. The States (Sub-nationals) in Nigeria are now embracing financial transparency [...]
Insights Into Shariah-Rooted Entity Rating
To what extent will Islamic Corporate Governance affect the Credit Rating of Shariah-rooted entities? There is now a growing body of works [...]