The bond rating industry’s 100th anniversary is this year. Rating agencies have lately been in the news and before congressional committees for less salutary reasons—the role that they played in ...

The agency problem is a conflict of interest. It occurs specifically in a situation where an agent must perform a task on behalf of a principal. The company management, acting as the agent for the ...

The Trade Desk, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTD) shares plunged 21.9% on Friday, making the company the S&P 500’s worst performer, after a weak second-quarter report turned a long-running agency dispute into a ...