Studies have shown that female-led companies outperform male-led companies on a range of metrics, yet women continue to be perceived as less suitable for leadership roles than men. New analysis from Credit Benchmark suggests that female-led companies are also a better credit risk, particularly in times of economic turmoil.
The brakes have been pumped on 2020’s credit deterioration in the US and UK auto sectors. Consensus credit data is showing improvement after a long period of stress.
Dynamics look better for the US, UK, and EU energy sectors. Credit Benchmark consensus data show little recent change in credit quality, and if market conditions continue to improve, real improvements in credit may come sooner rather than later.
Credit Benchmark have released the May 2021 Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). EU and US Industrial firms have cause for cheer this month, but the UK is the real stand out.
Consensus data may be providing some hope for the beleaguered UK and US retail sectors.
The Financial Counterpart Monitor from Credit Benchmark provides a unique analysis of the changing creditworthiness of financial institutions.
The pandemic-fuelled deterioration in credit quality for many corporations may be coming to an end. Credit Benchmark noted early signs of improving credit quality last month. The latest consensus data update provides more evidence that corporate credit quality is improving across a number of sectors.
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.
Rapid growth in ESG investment suggests confidence in the profitability of green, social, and sustainable business – and new research from Credit Benchmark indicates that forward-thinking companies are also a better credit risk. This analysis compares the credit risk of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies against top UK and US firms.
To download the April 2021 Auto Aggregate PDF, click here. After a long period of trouble, the US auto sector may be nearing an on-ramp.
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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