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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.
Gap Widens Between US and UK Retail Risk: February 2021
To download the February 2021 Retail Aggregate PDF, click here. Will the Divide Between US and UK Retail Become a Chasm? A growing divide in
Oil & Gas Sector – Still Not Out of the Woods?
The Oil & Gas sector was in trouble even before the first Covid lockdown, and it was one of the worst credit performers in 2020. Recent credit agency downgrades for some of the US majors have brought these ratings into alignment with the more conservative bank consensus view.
End-January 2021 Financial Counterpart Monitor
The Financial Counterpart Monitor from Credit Benchmark provides a unique analysis of the changing creditworthiness of financial institutions. The report, which covers banks, intermediaries, buy-side
The Robinhood Affair: Are Retail Brokers the Weakest Link?
How do the major players in the GameStop short squeeze compare from a credit perspective? While some firms have multiple agency ratings, many are mainly unrated. Consensus data can fill some key gaps in risk management for all players in this complex network.
January Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs) – UK, EU and US Industrials
Credit Benchmark have released the January Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). The CCI is an index of forward-looking credit opinions for US, UK and EU Industrials
The Covid Year: Review of Credit and Solvency Trends in 2020
The 2020 pandemic brought various forms of disruption and hardship, and Governments and businesses around the world had to rely on trial and error to find the best response. There have been some high-profile corporate winners – and many losers. This report shows the key credit and solvency trends that emerged in 2020 and provides some pointers towards what we can expect in 2021.
