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 Feb. 2, 2015. Since its last publication, Fitch has updated and published the following SF and CVB criteria:

--'Asset Analysis Criteria for Covered Bonds of European Public Entities', Feb. 16;
--'Covered Bonds Rating Criteria - Mortgage Liquidity and Refinancing Stress Addendum', Feb. 16;
--'EMEA Criteria Addendum - Norway', Feb. 20;
--'Criteria for Sovereign Risk in Developed Markets for Structured Finance and Covered Bonds', Feb. 20;
--'Criterio de Calificacion para RMBS en America Latina', Feb. 20; (Spanish translation of 'Rating Criteria for RMBS in Latin America')
--' RMBS Latin America Criteria Addendum - Brazil', Feb. 27.

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.