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1. Type the name in the search box, and select the  you see the issuer in the typeahead box, you can click on the name there to go directly to the issuer's page.  If you do not, keep typing until you see the issuer name, or hit enter/click Go to do a full search, then follow the steps in the next section.

3. The long term rating will be listed directly at the top of the summary information.  To see the rating date and rating type, hover over the rating and a flyout will appear with this information.

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Our custom alerts section allows you to set an alert on your area of focus, and stay on top of all of the relevant research Moody's publishes.

You can choose from three types of filters in custom alerts - Research Type, Region, and Market Segment.  For example, if you are interested in reading Special Reports that are relevant to Structured Finance in Europe, you can set Research Type = Special Reports (under Industry/Sector Research), Region = Europe (under Europe, Middle East, and Africa), and Market Segment = Structured Finance.  If you want to limit your reports to only those that are about CMBS or RMBS, you can choose those two market segments.

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Research on the new site can be accessed in two ways: from search, and from the Research & Ratings menu.

You can find research by typing in an issuer, author, title, or keyword into the search box.
If you are looking for research about a specific issuer, you can go directly to that issuer's page from the typeahead menu and find documents on the Research tab.
If you are looking for research written by a specific author, you can type their first or last name in the search box and hit enter. If you know their full name, enclose it in quotes ("John Smith") for the best search results.
If you are looking for a document and you know all or part of the title, type it in the search box and hit enter. You can put quotes around the title to search for the full phrase rather than the individual words; this will help you get more accurate results, especially if you remember the exact title.
If you are searching for a keyword, just type in the keyword and hit enter or Go. On the search results page you can narrow down your research results using the filters on the left hand side.

From the Research & Ratings menu, you can browse through all of our research based on predefined filters.
If you are looking for a Special Report, Methodology, or Rating Action, you can access those directly from the menu.
Otherwise, you can browse through our research using the By Market Segments, By Region, and By Research Type option. Once you've chosen one filter, you can continue to apply more narrow filters, like Banking under Financial Institutions, or add a new type of filter, like Asia Pacific.
The ten most recently published documents will appear first. If you want to see older documents, click on the View All link. This will take you to a page where you can still apply filters, and you can also page through the results or add a time period using the drop down menu.

You can see more detail on how to search in our Site Tour, on the Search & Navigation tab.  You can also view short videos on searching for special reports and for issuers on the Videos tab.

If you are still unable to locate a document, please Contact Us.

We will be enhancing our search capabilities to add additional ways of filtering your search results so you can find what you need more quickly.  If you have any suggestions, please send them to us via the green feedback button.

In the meantime, you can access Advanced Search on our old site.

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Paying clients can search our database for ratings and research on thousands of Corporates, Sovereign, Municipal, and Structured Finance entities.  Clients can also find special reports and in-depth analysis on areas related to credit risk.

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