Moody’s will provide Equilibrium with technical support and analyst training based on its globally recognized credit analysis techniques for companies, municipal governments, and financial institutions and structured financings. Equilibrium will continue to provide domestic ratings services, rendering opinions on the relative creditworthiness of issuers and issues within Peru, El Salvador, and Panama. Separately, Moody’s will continue to assign globally comparable ratings for domestic as well as cross-border financings in Peru, El Salvador, and Panama.

Chester Murray, executive vice president international at Moody’s Investors Service, said: Moody’s affiliation with Equilibrium is an additional step in extending our credit rating, research, and analysis services in Latin America. Moody’s will also benefit from Equilibrium’s local market knowledge.