Spread Research SAS is a French
credit rating agency and independent credit research company.
The company was founded in 2004 and in 2013 became the first French credit rating agency to be authorised.
The company is based in
Lyon, France,
and has a presence in London
and Paris.
Spread Research has been certified as credit rating agency by the
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) since mid-2013,
allowing the company to operate in Europe.
As of 2013, the company had 15 employees.
In France, until 2013, only the branches of
Standard and Poor's,
Moody's and
Fitch Ratings were certified by the ESMA.
Spread Research operates under an investor-pays model, rather than being paid by rated companies.
Spread Research has been awarded "Top 5 Best Credit Research" by Credit Magazine in 2010.
["Credit Awards 2010", ''Credit Magazine'', July/August 2010, page 73]
References
Further reading
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External links
* {{official, http://www.spreadresearch.com/
Credit rating agencies
Financial services companies of France
French companies established in 2004