Rating Policies

1. Operating Guidelines and Policies

2. General Nature of Compensation Arrangements with Rated Entities

3. Policy for Appeal

4. Policy for Placing Ratings on Credit Watch

5. Policy in respect of  'What Constitutes Non-Cooperation'

6. Guidelines on Gifts

7. Confidentiality Policy

8. Policy on Outsourcing of Activities

9. Policy on Provisional Ratings

10. Disclosure on managing conflict of interest

11. Policy regarding Monitoring & Review of Ratings

12. Policy on Withdrawal of Ratings

13. Policy on Internal Approvals

14. Functioning of Rating Committee

15. Guidelines on Minimum Information Required for the Rating

16. Guidelines on Seeking Information from External Entities

17. Roles and Responsibilities of Credit Rating Analyst

18. IOSCO Code of Conduct adopted by Acuité

19. SEBI Code of Conduct adopted by Acuité

20. Policy for Dealing with Conflict of Interest for Investment / Trading

21. Guidelines on debt servicing confirmations pertaining to unlisted debt instruments (Retail Debentures / Retail Deposits)

22. Guidelines on Key Financial Indicators in case of non-cooperation by the issuer (unlisted entity)

23. Guidelines on interaction with Audit Committee of entities with listed NCDs

24. Guidelines for assigning non-‘D’ rating to entities with an outstanding ‘D’ rating by other credit rating agencies

25. Guidelines for site visit

26. Independent Credit Evaluation: Fee Structure and internal controls

27. Rules for Acuité’s Analytic Firewalls

28. Guidelines on rating a portion of lenders’ bank facilities

29. Guidelines for Management Interactions

30. Material Event Review (MER) Policy