Emerging Credit Rating Limited (hereinafter referred to as ECRL) was incorporated in March 2009, with the view to providing Credit Rating Services in Bangladesh. ECRL is committed to providing Bangladesh’s credit market with independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data. In addition to our core rating business, in the future we hope to branch out into providing research data and analytical tools for assessing credit risk, and publish market-leading credit opinions. The company has been built on a foundation of local market experience, which spans throughout the Corporate sector of the country. The company is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with a view to expansion to other financial districts all over the nation. ECRL has established a technical collaboration with a Malaysian Rating Company known as Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhard (MARC), which is also affiliated with one of the top ranking Rating companies in the world “Fitch Ratings”. Under the technical agreement, ECRL shall adopt all the rating methodologies, definitions and symbols of MARC, who implements the standard global practices of its affiliate.