The Bond Buyer writes "SEC Votes to Remove NRSRO From 38 Rules", quoting Federated's Debbie Cunningham, "We agree completely with the SEC that attention should be paid to over-dependence on ratings." It also paraphrases the SEC's Erik Sirri, saying, "[T]he release provides investment firms with two paths -- they can either continue to rely heavily on NRSROs or they can craft their own 'mechanism' to analyze investment quality." To listen to a replay of the SEC Meeting yesterday, click here.