Global Tobacco credit quality has weakened by 3.4% month-on-month. The introduction of stricter tobacco measures globally, as well as COVID-19, all contribute to this change.
Credit Benchmark have released the August 2022 Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). UK Oil & Gas firms recent run of improvements ends after 6 months. EU Oil & Gas firms have experienced some instability in their collective credit quality this year, however, their CCI score has been above 50 for 3 consecutive months now. US Oil & Gas firms have gone from strength to strength, boasting CCI scores above 50 for 17 consecutive months.
Credit Benchmark have released the August 2022 Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). UK Industrial firms are in a positive position for the second time this month, but they have been unable to maintain a consistent trend since mid-2021. EU Industrial firms have registered another positive CCI for this month, which is the eleventh consecutive instance of a positive score. This month US Industrial firms ended their streak of 17 consecutive months of positive credit quality.
Credit Benchmark have released the July 2022 Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). UK and US Oil & Gas firms continue their streaks of consistently positive CCI scores, with 7 months and 17 months of net credit improvement respectively. EU Oil & Gas firms have travelled a bumpier road, with alternating positive and negative scores this year, ending on a neutral credit quality position in the most recent update.
Consumers are focusing on essential purchases and spending less time at home, and UK and EU broadline retailers are feeling the squeeze. Both groups show recent deterioration against a global trend of improvement.
Semiconductor supplies have not yet recovered from COVID disruption. This has caused problems for many industries, but the impact is becoming acute for manufacturers of automobiles and parts, as well as online car dealers and car rental companies.
As the pandemic eases and workers return to their offices, companies that were COVID beneficiaries are facing the double hit of a return to more traditional buying habits and an inflation squeeze on household budgets.
The Ukraine war has seen countries scrambling to secure energy supplies, boosting the need for renewable sources. But with renewable energy paradoxically dependent on the increasingly volatile climate, diversity in technologies is critical to ensure stable supplies from renewable sources. Credit Consensus Ratings are available for a variety of wind and solar firms, with this report showing some divergences in credit quality.
The global construction industry is facing renewed challenges: just as the COVID-driven labour and materials shortages showed signs of easing, the Ukraine war is hitting the industry in two specific areas: steel and glass. But not all firms are affected equally – this report analyses credit improvement in US Construction & Materials companies.
Flexible-office operators providing short-term leases suffered more during the pandemic than traditional office lessors. However, a new hybrid working model is seeing demand for flexible, short-term offices and meeting rooms increase once more. This report analyses the credit performance of US Industrial & Office REITs against global trends.
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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