In order to further strengthen the global governance architecture, five-nation group BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have agreed to set up an independent rating agency based on market-oriented principles. The BRICS groups had earlier expressed concerns against the working of the rating market, currently dominated by US-based agencies Fitch, Moody’s and S&P, stating that western credit rating agencies are unfair and have a pessimistic view towards developing nations and an optimistic one towards developed countries.
A joint declaration issued after the 8th BRICS Summit stated that “We welcome experts exploring the possibility of setting up an independent BRICS Rating Agency based on market-oriented principles, in order to further strengthen the global governance architecture."Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that to further bridge the gap in the global financial architecture, we agreed to fast track the setting up of a BRICS Rating Agency.
To meet the funding requirements of the members, the BRICS countries have already set up New Development Bank (NDB), which became operational last year. Batting for a new credit rating agency backed by BRICS group, NDB president K V Kamath expressed concerns over methodologies of the big three global agencies saying that these are constraining growth in emerging nations. Further, Kamath said that despite having deep capital buffers, the ratings of multilateral banks like the BRICS-promoted NDB are affected due to the parent countries' sovereign ratings. Citing the case of NDB itself, which is planning to get itself rated for bond-raising in many countries, he said that its rating will be affected because the promoter countries are not AAA-rated.
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