Explanation : Definition: Credit Rating is the symbolic indication of the current opinion regarding the relative capability of a corporate entity
to service its debt obligations in time with reference to the instrument being rated.
First Credit Rating Agency was the Mercantile Credit Rating Agency, established in 1841 in New York. First rating guide was published
by Robert Dun in 1859 and another rating agency was set up by John Bradstreet, which is popularly known as Dun & Bradstreet
today. Some of the renowned rating agencies are:
> Standard & Poor’s
> Moody’s Investor Service
> Fitch Rating Agency In India
> CRISIL (Credit Rating and Information Services (India) Limited) - first in India
> ICRA Limited (Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India Limited)
> CARE (Credit Analysis and Research Limited)