About Acuité Ratings & Research Limited(Erstwhile SMERA Ratings Limited)
Acuité is a Credit Rating and Research company. It is an institutionally promoted organisation with a unique combination of country's leading public & private sector banks along with a global data & analytics company as its shareholders.

Registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)andaccredited by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Acuité has assigned more than 6000 credit ratings (as on June 30 2018) to various securities, debt instruments and bank facilities of entities spread across industries in India. Achieving this feat within 5 years of establishing the bond and bank loan rating business reflects the trust of Indian lenders and investors on our actionable, independent and unbiased opinion.

For rating SMEs, we have a separate division known as SMERA. As on June 30 2018, this division has completed more than 46,000 ratings of SMEs across 300+ SME clusters across the country. SMERA was incorporated as part of an initiative of Ministry of Finance (GOI) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to facilitate growth of the MSMEs sector though dissemination of reliable credit information and ratings of such enterprises.

Additionally, Acuité conducts incisive research on various industries and Indian economy. Our opinion on crucial economic events, impact analysis and views and outlook on performance of various sector are used by corporate India in taking more informed business decisions. We cover industries ranging from aviation, to banking, cement, dairy, education, garment, hotel, IT & ITES, jewellery, leather, manufacturing, oil & gas, power, QSR, Steel, telecom and many more.

In line with our name Acuité, meaning sharpness of thoughts and vision, we empower the capital market participants viz. investors, issuers or lenders, to make knowledge backed decisions.