Growth-oriented private equity firm Parthenon Capital Partners is to acquire acquire a majority stake in KBRA, a full-service global rating agency.
KBRA is the largest global credit rating agency founded in the wake of the global financial crisis.
KBRA has more than 400 employees across its five offices in the US and Europe. The company has issued over 51,000 ratings with nearly USD3 trillion in rated issuance since its inception in 2010. KBRA provides industry-leading ratings and research across all sectors from its Corporate, Financial, and Government (CFG) and Structured Finance units.
The company also delivers high-quality data, information, and tools to the market through innovative technology across its KBRA Analytics platform, including corporate and financial sector credit information and data and analytics.
