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This biweekly publication provides credit ratings-related information in an accurate and timely manner containing followings:

Special Reports In-depth reports published every week on the hot issues in the market. Topics include industry trends, rating methodologies, credit rating market, bond market, etc. The reports provide valuable information to guide management of financial assets.
Rating Summaries Summary credit opinions on corporate bond and CP ratings released each week. The summary opinions provide information on rationale behind rating assignments.
Rating Releases Show ratings released each week by product category such as corporate bond rating, CP rating, etc.
Current Ratings List Show all valid ratings of all rating categories by issuer name
Corporate Bond
Issuance
and Spread Trends		 Provides names of companies that issued corporate bonds each week and spread of each corporate issuer

※ Annual subscription fees: KRW 80,000

We publish Rating Reports for our corporate bond and CP ratings. The reports help you gain a comprehensive and clear picture of an entity/issuer’s creditworthiness as well as key rating factors and rationale behind rating decisions.
※ KRW 200,000/copy

To meet market needs and develop shared understanding on our ratings, we have been publishing sector-specific rating methodologies that reflect our knowhow and in-depth experience. The methodologies help bridge the gap between the market and rating agencies so that our ratings, which are derived logically and objectively, can be respected and widely used by the market. We make our rating methodologies and procedures public to enhance transparency and reliability of our ratings knowhow.

Korea Investors Service publishes annual Industry Outlook to provide sector-specific analysis and periodic update on rating outlooks. The Industry Outlook helps investors, issuers, analysts and other market participants to identify the latest industry trends and major credit issues so that they can project rating outlook for individual issuers, based on its comprehensive coverage of industry trends and outlook, key credit issues, and credit rating trend and forecast.