Moody’s extends RiskCalc to cover France

Moody’s Risk Management Services today released a Web-based model, RiskCalc France, for estimating the probability that French firms will default on debt obligations.

RiskCalc France uses data on profitability, gearing, debt coverage, liquidity, sales growth and productivity to produce one- and five-year probabilities of default, said Moody’s. The firm produces similar models for the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Germany, Spain and the UK.

Moody’s said the model is a timely response to Basel II, the proposed new rules for enhancing risk management at banks. Monica Lozano, product strategist at Moody’s, said the firm is trying to create a benchmark

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