If we do not address this issue with determination, SIFIs will continue to have incentives to engage in excessively risky activities; accurate monitoring by investors will be much weaker than desirable, with the result that future crises may be more likely.
Their website claims that they track over 265 million company records which they derive from 30,000 data sources and is updated 5 million times per day. DNB’s own correspondents gather data on firms by visiting and telephoning the firm’s principals.