hey Top8 welcome back, and thanks for your input.
I'm a bit confused on the wording of your exercise. Proof there is no conflict. I'd like to hear more.
Hey there. What im trying to show to the general audience is that when NXTi makes some assessment of any already listed company, any given outcome can't be as weighted as for a new company. An already listed AE project has had its own "market control". Investors, speculators and adopters have made their own due diligence, and pushed to a price that summarizes the company perceived value, P/E ratio, competition, and exogenous factors like market conditions and BTC/NXT price in fiat. I still remember when NXT went from 6K to 11K almost overnight and Jl77hodl shares went from 2 to 1.

NXTi will simply re-assure some customers about their thoughts on the company. Its an added feature, so to speak.
But the true test is made on the new projects. There is no way NXTi can remove completely any concern about mixed interests. Is like trying to find if Moody's analysts don't have a stepfather who is investing in the stock exchange. But this wall of worry can only be confronted with the test of time. the job of NXTi is to perform due diligence, present sounding financial data, personal data if needed, business plan and certifying the best way possible that the plans of the issuer are valid and trustable.
What average people needs to understand is that NXTi is not a safe net. If NXTi issues 5 new portfolios with a 4 star rating, 4 star, 4 star, 3 star and 5 star, and after one year the companies have gone Bust, -50% market cap, Bust, Ponzi/Steal/Drama and -50% market cap ,and the casual investor yells "Hey NXTi guys told us those were SAFE values! SCAM!", then clearly he hasnt understood the value that NXTi proposes.
I think NXTi is aimed to the medium-large investor, NXT new adopter, and semi professional trader. It will provide an extra layer of trust, but in some reviewable form so we avoid the dreaded centralization. More of this in the next paragraph.
We have also added discussed stars or approval tokens, but these could be gamed. You could play a long ponzi game, build trust and then exploit your rating.
As news happens, updates will occur. Recent info is best.
The using of some AAA system, Star tokens, Super Mario Mushrooms or Little gold coins à là BitcoinTalk

is not an obstacle to keep a solid reputation system.
Every time a rated entity needs to perform a new AE offering, stock operation like split or expansion, make a significant purchase/acquisition/sale/liquidation or any other news occur that can substantially alter its business outcomes or financial results, he must provide a "relevant information" comunication to NXTi. Of course, that exchange, as well as the outgoing revision of the rating, is protected with a NDA until the public news by the issuer.
One of the great things of our ecosystem is that we can fight the dreaded "centralization monster": Either the relevant info and the outgoing rating update can be tracked and secured in the blockchain, so any NXT user with some nice "hound" skills can check if , for example, the relevant info was submitted on October 15th, the new rating confirmation was on October 18th, the public announcement was on 20th October, but during 19th October there was a x6 volume trading of the underlying asset in the AE. That will smell funny and could lead to a potential downgrade from NXTi if it were probed some internal trading... (examples, examples) possibilities are infinite.
At the end, is just a matter of corporate governance and rating agency ethos :-)
Sorry for the brick, haha

Paul