SYDNEY: Australia's Federal Court issued a landmark judgment yesterday that Standard & Poor's (S&P) misled investors by giving its highest rating to derivatives that lost almost all their value in the runup to the 2008 global economic crisis.
The Australian case marked the first time a ratings agency had faced trial over the complex financial products widely cited as one of the factors that triggered the crisis and could set a precedent for future litigation around the world.
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