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2024/25 Default Risk Outlook: UK Industries
Credit Benchmark’s new 2024/25 Default Risk Outlook for UK Industries predicts UK default risks to plateau in next 12 months; Basic Materials, Telecoms and Technology predicted to show >10% increase in default risk by Q2 2025.
September Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs) – UK, EU and US Industrials
Credit Benchmark have released the September 2022 Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). UK Industrial firms are in a positive position for the third time this month, suggesting a potential trend of improvement is forming. EU Industrial firms have registered another positive CCI for this month, which is the twelfth consecutive instance of a positive score. Last month US Industrial firms ended their streak of 17 consecutive months of positive credit quality. However, this month US Industrial firms return to positive territory once again.
Transition Matrices: Multi-Notch Downgrades
Credit Benchmark’s Transition Matrices show that post-COVID credit recovery has been strong across most credit categories, but at the same time a significant number of investment grade firms have started to be subject to multi-notch downgrades.
Credit Portfolios and Rising Defaults: Tracking Credit Risk Correlation Shifts
Credit portfolio managers face spiking interest rates and rising defaults, and contagion from one sector to another is a major concern. Consensus credit aggregates show how credit risk correlations between sectors are changing.
CCP Monitor: Improving Risk Trends, Member Upgrades Dominate
The latest Central Counterparty Clearing House (CCP) monitor produced by Credit Benchmark shows further improvements in credit quality in North American and European CCPs. However, as the monitor demonstrates, CCP member risk does not always reflect that of the CCP itself.
August 2022 Financial Counterpart Monitor
The Financial Counterpart Monitor from Credit Benchmark provides a unique analysis of the changing creditworthiness of financial institutions.
August 2022 Industry Monitor
Credit Benchmark have released the latest end-month industry update, based on the final and complete set of the contributed credit risk estimates from 40+ global financial institutions.
