Moody’s Corporation has appointed Ana Arsov as Global Head of Private Credit to lead the company’s newly-formed private credit rating and research group division within its rating agency Moody’s Investors Service (MIS).
The new group will focus on delivering strategic insights into the rapidly expanding private credit sector. As well as leading the coordination of relevant research and rating initiatives across MIS, Arsov will co-head the global Financial Institutions Group (FIG) along with Simon Harris.
Moody’s says the organisational updates reflect the growing importance of private credit in capital markets and investor demand for the company’s research and ratings adjacent to the sector. The analytical franchise will provide transparency into the complex private credit markets and their interlinkages with broader capital markets.
As part of her new role, Arsov will promote engagement across MIS rating groups, including Financial Institutions, Corporate Finance, and Structured Finance, and will deepen existing analytical capabilities for business development companies, CLOs, and other private credit-related assets. She will also provide appropriate support to Moody’s Analytics, which offers relevant customer solutions related to counterparty assessment and portfolio risk.
In her capacity as co-head of FIG, Arsov will continue to engage with a broad range of financial institutions including global systemically important banks, capital markets intermediaries, and non-bank financial services companies. Prior to today’s announcement, Ms. Arsov was the global co-head of bank ratings and held a number of senior management roles overseeing ratings for banks, securities firms, specialty finance, and more. She contributed to Moody’s rating methodologies for finance companies, securities firms, and clearing houses, and led the development of Moody’s counterparty risk rating.
