The Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) was founded on November 20, 2015. 27 shareholders of ACRA are major Russian corporates and financial institutions. ACRA’s Board of Directors includes Karl Johansson (The Chairman of the Board of Directors, USA), Thomas Missong (Austria), Anouar Hassoune (Luxembourg), Vincent Truglia (USA) Ekaterina Trofimova (Russia). The Agency is built in accordance with the latest regulatory requirements and its main goal is to deliver high-quality rating products to the Russian financial market. ACRA assigns national scale credit ratings to entities of such categories as financial institutions, corporate sector companies, regional and municipal authorities of the Russian Federation, as well as to the structured financial instruments.

ACRA is registered in Russia with CBR since August 25^th, 2016.  

It is the first credit rating agency included in the Central Bank of Russia’s register under its new regulatory framework.

ACRA has published a number of rating methodologies. Core areas covered by ACRA’s Rating Methodologies are Banks, Corporates, Insurances Companies, Sub-sovereigns and Structured Finance. A list of rated entities can be looked up on the website https://www.acra-ratings.com/ratings/issuers .