Egan-Jones Ratings Company (EJR”) was founded in 1995 in the US and operates under a hybrid model. EJR covers financial institutions, insurances and corporate ratings. 

Registration status in the EU: EJR is certified with ESMA since December 12^th, 2014.

EJR is also a recognized ECAI across the whole European Union. The mapping of ratings to the 6 Credit Quality Steps under the Standardized approach for Banks and the 7 Steps under Solvency II is currently on-going.

Registration status outside of the EU: EJR is registered with the US SEC as NRSRO. The registration status covers Financial Institutions, Insurance companies and Corporate Issuers.

Standard Abbreviation: EJR

Business model: EJR operates under a hybrid model.

Coverage: EJR covers financial institutions (11.956 issue ratings as of December 2014), insurance companies (1025 issue ratings) and corporate issuers (7.013 issues). It also assign ABS/Structured Finance and Sovereign ratings (which are not recognized for NRSRO purposes). 

Availability of ratings and reports at website: ratings and reports are available at EJR’s website only to subscribers.