A bond rating is an assessment of the creditworthiness of the bond's issuer. It is a prediction of the likelihood that a company, a government, or another entity will default on its debt obligation.

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A second bond-rating agency has reaffirmed its ...

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KBRA releases research examining the evolution of the catastrophe bond (CAT bond) market. CAT bonds have become an increasingly important component of insurers’ risk and capital management frameworks.

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Maryland will maintain two top credit ratings for its general obligation bonds and debt.S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday assigned its AAA long-term rating to Maryland's general obligation bonds and ...

Maryland long coveted the highest bond rating over decades.Not anymore.One of three credit rating agencies, Moody's Ratings, on Wednesday downgraded the state's bond rating from AAA to Aa1. That means ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AA to the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority General Obligation and Refunding Bonds 2025 Series One (Non-AMT) and 2025 Series Two (AMT).

A gas station in Madawaska, Maine, in 2022. Fuel tax revenue is a repayment pillar of the Maine Municipal Bond Bank's transportation infrastructure revenue bonds. In case the TransCap program's ...

A second bond-rating agency has reaffirmed its highest credit rating for Maryland, helping offset a downgrade by a third agency just weeks before a scheduled $1.7 billion bond sale by the state. The ...