March 15, 2013
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Credit rating agency conflict of interest rules prohibit fee based non rating services and require annual transparency disclosures to preserve independence.
SEBI regulations prohibit a credit rating agency from offering fee based services to rated entities beyond credit ratings and research to avoid conflicts of interest. CRAs must annually disclose total receipts from rating and non rating services, issuer wise percentage share of non rating income relative to revenue from that issuer, and names of rated issuers (with associates) whose contributions reach a material revenue threshold for the CRA and its subsidiaries.