ICRA Ltd

ICRA Limited, established in 1991 and headquartered in Gurugram, India, functions as an independent and professional provider of investment information and credit rating services, operating domestically within India and across global markets. Its operations are structured across several key segments: Rating, Research & Other Services; Consulting Services; Knowledge Services; and Market Services. The company offers a broad spectrum of services, including credit ratings, grading, and in-depth industry research. It also provides a suite of management consulting solutions, encompassing risk management, financial advisory, outsourcing support, and policy guidance, as well as Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) and various financial data products. ICRA's corporate debt ratings cater to a broad spectrum of issuers, from manufacturing, service, non-banking financial, and infrastructure companies to banks, financial institutions, municipal and local governmental bodies, state governments, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Moreover, it assigns ratings for the financial sector, covering diverse instruments such as term loans, debentures, public deposits, working capital facilities, commercial papers, and MIBOR-linked loans. The company also undertakes structured finance ratings, evaluating the risks inherent in components of structured instruments like asset-backed securitization, future flow transactions, and partial guarantee frameworks, and offers specialized infrastructure sector ratings for debt programs within power, roads, telecommunications, and other related infrastructure domains. Further rating services extend to mutual funds, public finance, infrastructure expected loss assessments, Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), independent credit evaluation, and market-linked debentures. Additionally, ICRA delivers comprehensive credit perspectives, featuring detailed analysis that covers key rating considerations, sensitivity factors, rating rationale, company profiles, business and financial updates, and future outlooks across the economy, various industries, and individual companies.