

Moody’s has strong expectations towards growth in Korea in its three key franchise areas of financial institutions, corporate finance and structured finance. Much of the company’s success has been built on market appreciation of the unique advantages of a Moody’s rating, the value of its proprietary analytical tools, its ability to deepen its relationship with its clients and to anticipate market developments.
Moody’s is committed to providing Korean fixed income professionals with a variety of unrivalled products and services including national-focused credit analyses, frequent analyst briefings, teleconferences, credit training, and one-on-one meetings. Its know-how – both locally and globally – means that products and services are tailored to meet customers’ needs while at the same time ensuring global consistent approach.
More broadly across Asia Pacific, Moody’s is an integral part of the financial landscape, rating most of the region’s cross-border issues. It has a significant analytical presence in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan. Each team consists of highly trained and experienced experts, dedicated to providing the best service possible and recruited from many different backgrounds, both cultural and professional.
In an environment where global capital markets depend more than ever on credit ratings, a Moody's rating provides crucial benefits and valuable opportunities for both issuers and investors. For issuers, such benefits include wider, stable and more flexible access to global capital markets, lower funding costs and greater liquidity.
Investors use Moody’s ratings to help price the credit risk of fixed-income securities they may buy or sell. And the values of its ratings are not limited to the time of any initial purchase decisions, but extend throughout the lives of rated instruments. Furthermore, investors rely on its expertise and global focus for ongoing monitoring, opinion updates and rating adjustments. Many also use its ratings as a means for expanding their investment horizons to markets or security types they do not cover with their own analysis.
