Format freeze: Research Update eight-section architecture (Executive Brief; A Executive Rating Summary; B Rating Actions and Outlooks; C Principal Finding; D Other Material Developments; E Outlook and Reclassification Factors; F Institutional Implications; G Methodology and Material Qualifications)
Current qualification published in Issue 44 · Issue 43 publication-date report
- id
- CHQ-FMT-2026-001
- title
- Format freeze: Research Update eight-section architecture (Executive Brief; A Executive Rating Summary; B Rating Actions and Outlooks; C Principal Finding; D Other Material Developments; E Outlook and Reclassification Factors; F Institutional Implications; G Methodology and Material Qualifications)
- class
- RULE
- version
- 1.0
- effective
- 2026-10-26
- published
- 2026-10-27
- status
- IN FORCE
- status detail
- RATIFIED 2026-10-26 at the Issue 44 cutoff (the issue's one governance change)
- rule
- Format freeze: Research Update eight-section architecture (Executive Brief; A Executive Rating Summary; B Rating Actions and Outlooks; C Principal Finding; D Other Material Developments; E Outlook and Reclassification Factors; F Institutional Implications; G Methodology and Material Qualifications)
- scope
- Applies from Issue 44. Changes to the architecture are governance changes under STAB clause 4.
- authority
- DM ratified 2026-10-26