Risk.net: The Retail Apocalypse Continues
US retailers appeared to have turned a corner in 2018. The Trump administration’s tax cuts lifted consumer spending and retail sales grew by more than
January 15, 2020
US retailers appeared to have turned a corner in 2018. The Trump administration’s tax cuts lifted consumer spending and retail sales grew by more than
This report uses bank-sourced credit risk assessments to show how 2019 unfolded in some key geographies and industries – assessments which, crucially, are based on actual expected default frequencies. By reviewing the year that was in credit risk, we can grasp some clues as to how the 2020 narrative may play out.
With its sleek aesthetics, fruit-water dispensers and free beer gimmick, WeWork seemed to perfectly capture the millennial zeitgeist. The co-working company catered to the army
The Trade Credit Insurance market is dominated by a few large companies, but competition is surprisingly healthy due to a large number of smaller firms,
US economic growth has slowed down during 2019, coming in at 1.9% in the third quarter, compared with 3.1% in the first quarter. The decline
Download PDF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently published their latest Global Financial Stability Report.[1] According to the report, Corporate Debt Growth between 2018 and
The link between sustainable business practices and financial performance is hotly debated. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence of companies with poor environmental, social and
The recent turmoil in Italian politics comes at a precarious time for the country’s banking sector. An audacious effort by Matteo Salvini, leader of the
Credit Benchmark’s latest whitepaper explores how consensus credit risk data can potentially be used in identifying tradeable short-to medium-term anomalies in Government bond prices.
The UK retail sector could be particularly vulnerable to a no-deal Brexit. New UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s vow to leave the European Union on October 31 with
Credit Benchmark brings together internal credit risk views from over 40 leading global financial institutions. The contributions are anonymized, aggregated, and published in the form of consensus ratings and aggregate analytics to provide an independent, real-world perspective of credit risk. Risk and investment professionals at banks, insurance companies, asset managers and other financial firms use the data for insights into the unrated, monitoring and alerting within their portfolios, benchmarking, assessing and analyzing trends, and fulfilling regulatory requirements and capital.
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