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Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

Founded in 1946 Archibald B. Roosevelt and Edwin J. Cross, Roosevelt & Cross, Inc., is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City with additional offices in Buffalo, New York, Jersey City, New Jersey, Hartford, Connecticut and Providence, Rhode Island. The firm is a registered broker-dealer specializing in tax-exempt and taxable municipal securities in the US. They offer a full array of investment services. Roosevelt & Cross is divided into departments specializing in municipal underwriting, trading, sales, public finance, and credit analysis. The firm is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.