Kroll Bond Rating Agency

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) is a U.S. credit rating agency founded by Jules Kroll. A German-language Wikipedia entry identifies Mount Airy, Maryland, as its headquarters, notes offices in New York, and reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recognized it as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO). That entry says KBRA was founded by Kroll and received NRSRO recognition in 2010. The evidence provided does not establish a more precise founding date, ownership structure, or current leadership, so those details are not stated here. KBRA’s official website presents the company as a provider of credit ratings, analysis, and ongoing surveillance. Its work and sector coverage include areas such as asset-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, residential mortgage-backed securities, public finance, insurance, financial institutions, funds, and project finance and infrastructure. The company describes its approach with the phrase “Trusted Analysis. Transparent Surveillance.” Beyond ratings, KBRA operates KBRA Analytics, a suite of specialized information and productivity platforms for financial-market users. The official product overview describes offerings for public and private markets and private-credit workflows, including borrower benchmarking, direct-lending market news and research, ratings and research access, and data products. Named services in the supplied material include Credit Intelligence, Direct Lending Deals (DLD), KBRA Premium, Ratings Feed, KBRA Credit Profile (KCP), and KBRA Financial Intelligence (KFI). KBRA’s website reports more than 5,500 customers, more than 1,000 institutions relying on its services worldwide, and over $6.5 trillion in assets tracked; these are figures stated on the cited product page. The evidence shows activity and events spanning the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia, but does not establish an exhaustive list of operating markets. KBRA also publishes financial-market research and organizes or participates in industry events. Its stated corporate values include integrity, innovation, and collaboration, and its corporate responsibility material describes commitments relating to its business, employees, and communities.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) was founded by Jules Kroll. The supplied German-language Wikipedia entry identifies the company as a U.S. rating agency based in Mount Airy, Maryland, with offices in New York. It reports that KBRA received recognition from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO) in 2010. The evidence does not specify a more exact founding date or provide a detailed account of the company’s earliest operations, so the founding and recognition are the principal documented early milestones here. KBRA’s present-day official materials describe a business that combines credit ratings and analysis with surveillance, research, and data services. Its website frames its rating work around “Trusted Analysis. Transparent Surveillance.” The company’s coverage spans multiple financial sectors, including structured finance, public finance, insurance, financial institutions, funds, and project finance and infrastructure. Its events listing includes industry activity in U.S. cities as well as London, Singapore, and Bermuda, illustrating an international presence without establishing a complete market-by-market footprint. The company has also developed KBRA Analytics, a suite of data, news, research, and productivity platforms for financial-market workflows. The official overview describes services for both public and private markets, with particular detail on private-credit uses such as benchmarking borrowers, comparing financial metrics, tracking direct-lending terms and trends, and supporting origination, underwriting, portfolio, and fund-administration work. Named offerings in the supplied sources include Credit Intelligence, Direct Lending Deals, KBRA Premium, Ratings Feed, KBRA Credit Profile, and KBRA Financial Intelligence. The official page reports more than 5,500 customers, over 1,000 institutions relying on the service worldwide, and more than $6.5 trillion in assets tracked. KBRA’s corporate responsibility materials state that its work is guided by integrity, innovation, and collaboration, and describe sustainability commitments concerning its business, employees, and communities. The available evidence does not identify current executives, owners, parent companies, or a listing status; these details are therefore left unspecified.

• 2010

  Received NRSRO recognition

An independent-minded credit rating and market intelligence provider emphasizing trusted analysis, transparent surveillance, specialist research, and data tools for financial-market workflows.

• KBRA Credit Ratings

  Credit ratings and analysis with ongoing surveillance across financial sectors.

• KBRA Analytics

  A suite of specialized data, news, research, and productivity platforms for financial-market workflows.

• Credit Intelligence

  Private-credit tools for borrower benchmarking, financial analysis, and related workflows.

• Direct Lending Deals (DLD)

  News and research on U.S. and European direct-lending markets, including terms and trends.

• KBRA Premium, Ratings Feed, KBRA Credit Profile (KCP), and KBRA Financial Intelligence (KFI)

  Named KBRA Analytics offerings presented on the company's official homepage.

• 2021-12-13

  Parthenon Capital Partners to acquire majority stake in KBRA[7]Parthenon Capital Partners将收购KBRA多数股权nationalmortgagenews.com

  Reported: 2021-12-13

  Parthenon Capital Partners announced that it will acquire a majority stake in Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA). The article reports the proposed acquisition, not its completion.

1. 1KBRA | Credit Rating Analysis Agency | Bond Rating Agencykbra.com
2. 2Insights and Analyticskbra.com
3. 3Corporate Social Responsibilitykbra.com
4. 4Upcoming Events | Kroll Bond Rating Agencykbra.com
5. 5Kroll Bond Rating Agencyde.wikipedia.org
6. 6Kroll Bond Rating Agencywikidata.org
7. 7Parthenon Capital Partners将收购KBRA多数股权nationalmortgagenews.com