OREANDA-NEWS. Fitch Ratings has published an updated version of its interactive Global Structured Finance (SF) and Covered Bonds (CVB) Rating Criteria Hierarchy. The report enables users to effectively navigate the various criteria reports related to the agency's coverage of the SF and CVB markets.

The updated report replaces the report of the same title previously published on Jan. 8, 2014. Since its last publication, Fitch has updated and published the following SF and CVB criteria:

--'Metodologia de Calificacion para Emisiones de Deuda Respaldadas por Creditos al Consumo en Latinoamerica', Jan. 16; (Translation of 'Rating Criteria for Consumer ABS in Latin America', Dec. 14, 2014)
--'Global Rating Criteria for Non-Performing Loan Securitisations', Jan. 22;
--'Rating Criteria for RMBS in Latin America', Jan. 22;
--'Covered Bonds Rating Criteria - Public Sector Liquidity and Refinancing Stress Addendum', Jan. 29;
--'Managing and Developing Criteria and Models', Jan. 30.

The updated hierarchy report organizes all SF and CVB criteria reports based on applicability to different market sectors and provides direct links to the reports themselves. As of the date of the report, Fitch's SF and CVB groups maintain three Master, 13 Cross-Sector, and 77 Sector-Specific criteria reports, as well as 13 Spanish translations.

The full report, 'Global Structured Finance & Covered Bonds Rating Criteria Hierarchy', is available on Fitch's website at www.fitchratings.com or by clicking the link.