CREDIT ASSESSMENT
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Smith’s Research & Gradings is a leading research company founded by Terence Smith in 1992. We specialize in providing independent, third-party credit analytics and have gained a reputation for predicting significant trends and spotlighting controversial subjects before they come to light elsewhere.
Our flagship product, Smith’s Gradings, offers a comprehensive credit analysis for sovereign, sub-sovereign, and corporate credit risks. With three key components – default probability, recovery gradings, and event risk – our work has become an indispensable part of Wall Street and the world’s capital markets.
Why You Can Trust Us
REASON 1
Proven Track Record and Predictive Analytics: Smith’s Research & Gradings has cultivated a reputation for being a pioneering force in predicting significant trends and illuminating controversial subjects ahead of the curve. With a notable history of insightful foresight and accurate analysis, Smith’s has demonstrated a track record of delivering timely and valuable credit analytics. This track record serves as a testament to the reliability and credibility of the research offered by Smith’s, instilling trust among clients and industry professionals who seek rigorous and forward-looking credit assessments.
REASON 2
Independence and Third-Party Objectivity: The foundation of trust in credit analysis is based on independence and objectivity, at which Smith’s Research & Gradings excels. As an independent research company, Smith’s operates by providing unbiased and impartial credit assessments. This emphasis on independence allows Smith’s to offer transparency and objectivity, thereby fostering trust among clients and stakeholders who prioritize integrity and impartiality in credit analysis. This underlines our group commitment to delivering objective and unfiltered insights into sovereign, sub-sovereign, and corporate credit risks.
REASON 3
Industry Recognition and Market Integration: Over the years, Smith’s Research & Gradings has become an indispensable component of Wall Street and the global capital markets. The company’s credit analytics have been recognized and embraced by industry professionals, financial institutions, and market participants seeking comprehensive and reliable credit risk assessments. Shedding light on often overlooked or underestimated issues can lead to higher performing returns. This adoption and integration within the institutional investment process underlines the trust and confidence placed in Smith’s Research & Gradings.
is used as a system for evaluating infrastructure projects based on their overall contribution to the economic, environmental, and social aspects of reliability. It establishes a unique, holistic framework for purposeful project design, focusing first and foremost bottom line financial objectives, as well as expanding opportunities for total performance improvement.
Environmental
Smith’s Research & Gradings knows that no individual weather event can be attributed to climate change. However, Smith’s Research & Gradings has tracked climate change since 1999, when Smith’s Sentinel System first reported the disappearance of lakes in Siberia during the summer months. In 2000, Smith’s Sentinel System, a spaced-based surveillance program launched in 1996, reported that fresh water lakes were also disappearing in Alaska. Smith’s predicted that as average temperatures rise, the air will hold on to more moisture and produce more violent weather storms. A rule of thumb is that for every degree Celsius of temperature increase, a single parcel of air can hold up to 7 percent more water. That moisture is then released as an increasing amount of precipitation. But, climate change doesn’t always work as expected.
Social
Smith’s ESGradingsTM evaluates a project’s impact on the entire community, starting with the health and well-being of individuals and extending to the entire social network. Projects can have a positive impact on communities through job creation, community education, worker training, and knowledge creation. Smith’s ESGradingsTM evaluate the physical, economic, and social impacts:
Does the project harm the health of employees or nearby residents?
Are local residents employed?
Is there access to public transportation?
Does the project support the community’s goals and growth?
Are natural resources and beauty preserved or enhanced?
Governance
Governance requires a new approach to thinking about how projects can be developed and delivered. Project management teams are more successful if they communicate and collaborate early in the process, involve a variety of people in creating ideas about the project, and understand the long-term view of the project over its entire life cycle. Governance evaluations reward these actions, which together with traditional reliable energy standards, produce projects that positively contribute to the world around it.
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