PPF dismisses any concern over D&B ratings
The Pension Protection Fund insists it has full confidence in rating agency Dun & Bradstreet despite errors in some other scores it provides.
Concerns over D&B’s involvement in calculating the PPF levy were voiced after the errors were found in checks on company scores. But D&B insisted the problems were unrelated to its work for the PPF and...
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