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John Moody & Company commences operations, publishing Moody’s Manual of Industrial and Miscellaneous Securities. Addressing investors’ need for information in the fast-growing public securities markets centered in New York City, the Moody’s Manual provides statistics on stocks and bonds across a range of companies and public sector borrowers. Within two months, the book is completely sold out.

Moody’s Manual of Industrial and Miscellaneous Securities becomes a best seller in the United States.

The stock market crashes. Without enough capital to survive the downturn, John Moody sells his manual business.

John Moody returns to the financial market, this time with an analysis of securities values. His company publishes a book that analyzes the stocks and bonds of America’s railroads and offers valuable conclusions about their investment potential. The publication is the first ever to rate public market securities and is an overnight success.

With Moody’s ratings now a factor in the bond market, John Moody expands his business to evaluate industrial companies and utilities.

Moody’s Investors Service (MIS) is incorporated as the rating business expands to cover bonds issued by US cities and municipalities.

Moody’s ratings cover almost 100% of the US bond market.

In the throes of the Great Depression, Moody’s provides valuable insight and analysis. With bond defaults soaring, those that are highly rated by Moody’s consistently prove to be of superior credit quality, rarely missing payments.

Dun & Bradstreet acquires Moody’s.

Moody’s ratings extend to cover the commercial paper market and bank deposits.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission introduces the concept of Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NSRO). MIS is one of the first companies to be designated as an NRSRO.

With growing competition, Moody’s launches the Corporate Credit report service to provide institutional investors with insight into its rating assignments. The transparency provided by this research enables investors to better understand the rationale underlying Moody’s ratings.

Moody’s spins off from Dun & Bradstreet to trade publicly under the NYSE symbol MCO.

Seeking to build on its reputation for expertise in credit analysis by developing tools for banks to make better commercial lending decisions, Moody’s makes several acquisitions that result in the development of Moody’s Risk Management Services and products including RiskAnalyst.

Moody’s acquires KMV which over the previous decade pioneered the application of modern financial theory to derive credit scores on a purely quantitative basis. Together with MIS’s ratings based on the fundamental analysis of credit professionals, Moody’s now offers best-of-breed credit metrics based on both qualitative and quantitative techniques. KMV and MRMS are integrated.

Moody’s acquires Economy.com, a provider of macroeconomic research and econometric modeling services. The acquisition enables Moody’s to provide deeper economic context for the company- and industry-specific analysis provided by MIS.

Moody’s acquires Wall Street Analytics, a leading provider of data and analytics for mortgage- and asset-backed securities. WSA’s cash flow modeling tools supplement the insight provided by Moody’s ratings of securitized transactions, broadening the company’s relevance in the fast-growing structured finance market.

Moody’s Corporation reorganizes, creating two operating companies: Moody’s Investors Service, focusing exclusively on the assignment and monitoring of credit ratings and development of credit research; and Moody’s Analytics, which provides a wide range of information products, software solutions, and professional services to support the risk management activities of financial institutions worldwide.

Moody’s Analytics acquires Fermat expanding its software product offering to include solutions that support regulatory capital calculations and reporting requirements under the BIS bank capital standards, as well as asset-liability management and exposure management.

Moody’s Analytics acquires CSI Global Education, the exclusive provider of education and examinations required for licensing in the Canadian securities industry. CSI significantly extends MA’s financial training business, adding deep expertise in certification and credentialing to the product portfolio.

Moody’s acquires a majority stake in Copal Partners. Founded in 2002 in India to support the corporate finance departments of leading investment banks, Copal Partners is the pioneer of financial research outsourcing to the sector.

Moody’s Analytics acquires Barrie & Hibbert, a leading provider of specialized analytical capabilities for insurance company asset valuation. Based in Scotland, B&H represents the extension of MA’s Enterprise Risk Solutions business into the insurance industry, building on our leading position in banking.

Moody’s acquires Amba Research, a leading provider of investment research and analytics support services to the global capital markets industry, creating CopalAmba.

Moody’s Analytics acquires WebEquity Solutions to expand its penetration of the US bank segment. With over 800 community banks and credit unions as clients of its SaaS-delivered LendingCloud product, WebEquity bolsters MA’s position as the leader in US bank loan origination software.

Moody’s Analytics acquires Lewtan, a provider of information and analytics to the securitization markets. Lewtan expands MA’s footprint with trading desks and asset managers specializing in structured securities, and also extends our product offering for issuers of such securities.

Moody’s completes its acquisition of remaining stake in CopalAmba – a market and quality leader in providing custom research services (information, analysis, and insight) to the financial and corporate sectors. This acquisition complements Moody’s broader focus on packaged and off-the-shelf research, technology, and tools.

Moody’s acquires Equilibrium, a provider of credit rating and research services in Peru and other countries in Latin America.

Moody’s Analytics acquires GGY, the leading provider of actuarial software to Canadian insurers. Based in Toronto, GGY accelerates MA’s expansion in financial risk analytics for insurers worldwide.

Moody’s acquires full ownership of Korea Investors Service (KIS), a leading provider of domestic credit ratings in Korea. Founded in 1985, KIS serves the domestic capital markets in Korea with credit ratings, research and other services. Moody’s first acquired a majority stake in KIS in 2001.