An investor watches an electronic board at a stock exchange. ©BELGA/ChinaFotoPress/MAXPPP Calls for the establishment of European Credit Rating Foundation Debated Monday, voted Wednesday In the years leading up to the crisis, credit rating agencies were enthusiastic about giving complex financial instruments high ratings leading investors to buy them up, usually with no questions asked.
©BELGA/ChinaFotoPress/MAXPPP Bezrūpīgajos pirmskrīzes gados kredītreitingu aģentūras pat sarežģītiem un riskantiem finanšu produktiem deva visaugstākos reitingus, kas investoriem deva paļāvību tos pirkt bez šaubām par to kvalitāti.