Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited operates as a rating agency. The company offers credit analysis of corporate, financial institutions, and government issues in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. It provides credit ratings on issuers of commercial paper, bonds, long/short term debt, and preferred shares, as well as asset-backed securities. The company also offers industry analysis, rating reports, and ratings indices for issuers and investors; and ratings related to corporates, financial institutions, public finance, structured finance, and income funds. In addition, it provides online services through Web subscription that includes access to its research, including ratings, rating reports, industry studies, methodologies, servicer reports, commentaries, newsletters, and peer comparisons. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in New York, Chicago, London, Frankfurt, and Paris.