Credit rating workshop

Credit rating workshop

JAKARTA (JP): The ASEAN Forum of Credit Rating Agencies will
hold a workshop in Yogyakarta to discuss rating standardization
and harmonization.

The president of PT Pemeringkat Efek Indonesia, Farid, said
credit rating agencies from Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines
and Indonesia would take part in the two-day workshop which
starts Thursday.

"The conference aims to find ways to harmonize within ASEAN,"
he said.

Farid said officials would present case studies on the rating
of electricity and telecommunications companies in each ASEAN
country. (aly)