Type S.A. (corporation) Area served Worldwide Headquarters Lisbon | Industry Financial services Services Credit ratings, Founded 2013 | |
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Key people Desh Raj Dogra (Chairman),
Dave King (CEO), Parent ARC Ratings Holdings PTE | ||
ARC Ratings, SA (ARC Ratings) is an international credit rating agency, with headquarters in Lisbon and other offices in London, Johannesburg, Harare, Lagos, London, Kuala Lumpur, Malé, Mumbai, Nairobi, Paris and São Paulo.
ARC Ratings was originally founded in 1988, as Companhia Portuguesa de Rating (CPR). On 7 November 2013, CPR was converted into ARC Ratings, as a joint venture between the Sociedade de Avaliação Estratégica e Risco, Lda (SaeR) of Portugal, the Credit Analysis and Research Limited (CARE) of India, the Global Credit Rating Company Limited (GCR) of South Africa, the Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) of Malaysia and the SR Rating Group of Brazil.
ARC Rating touts itself as an alternative to the "Big Three" global credit rating agencies.