RISK MANAGEMENT - REMARKS ON THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION REGARDING CREDIT RATING

To obtain relevant information on the credit rating and productivity o f small and medium sized companies is a problem, especially in Germany . On the other hand these informations are of special relevance in tim es of difficult economic situations. Since the informations offered ar e often of but marginal value, information agencies and other provider s of trade information should submit to more comprehensive and stricte r quality criteria, thus to increase considerably the data basis and i ts derived evaluations. The following essay gives an overview of the G erman scene and sketches possible improvements in the quality rating o f economic information.