Fitch Ratings
Fitch Ratings, Ltd. is an international credit rating company dual-headquartered in New York City and London. It is one of the three "nationally recognized statistical rating organizations" (NRSRO) designated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975.
The firm was founded by John Knowles Fitch on December 24, 1913 in New York City as the Fitch Publishing Company. It merged with London-based IBCA Limited in 1997, thus becoming wholly owned by Fimalac, S.A., a Paris, France-based business services group. It acquired both Chicago-based Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. and Thomson BankWatch in 2000.
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