The European Commission will deem that Canada, Brazil, Singapore, Argentina and Australia don’t regulate credit ratings agencies with the same rigor as the EU, the Financial Times reports citing a document. The decision would withdraw some market access rights of the country, removing a status that makes it possible for European banks to rely on the ratings. This will be the first time that the access rights have been withdrawn, though temporary permissions for Switzerland were allowed to lapse earlier Credit ratings agencies can also a different pathway, endorsement, to allow individual agencies to get access by ... (full story)