Accessing Leveraged Capital Markets – Part II Debt Capital Markets Leveraged Finance Rating Agencies by Matt - December 17, 20180 Getting a Credit Rating for High Yield Bonds When debt issuers want to issue debt in a public offering1, they will need credit ratings from the three major credit rating agencies: Moody's, S&P and Fitch Ratings. Generally, investors like to see at least two, with Moody's being the gold standard when it