April 2021 Industry Monitor
Download the April Industry Monitor infographic below. Credit Benchmark have released the end-month industry update for end-March, based on the final and complete set of the contributed credit risk estimates from 40+ global financial institutions. In the update, you will find: Credit Benchmark will continue to provide regular reports on these migration rates. If you […]
Is Corporate Credit Quality Improving? Fewer Fallen Angels, More Rising Stars
The COVID era has caused corporate credit quality to shift rapidly between investment-grade and high-yield in either direction – and for some companies, to shift right back again, suggesting a premature upgrade or downgrade. But the latest data from Credit Benchmark suggest consensus estimates may be improving overall.
US Energy Sector Still Facing Enormous Challenges: March 2021
Default risk for US Large Oil & Gas firms remains far higher than default risk for comparative UK and EU firms.
March Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs) – UK, EU and US Industrials
Credit Benchmark have released the March Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). The US is the real standout this month. For the first time in an over a year, forward-looking sentiment is above 50.
March 2021 Industry Monitor
Download the March Industry Monitor infographic below. Credit Benchmark have released the end-month industry update for end-February, based on the final and complete set of the contributed credit risk estimates from 40+ global financial institutions. In the update, you will find: Credit Benchmark will continue to provide regular reports on these migration rates. If you […]
UK Retail Sector Remains Huge Credit Risk: March 2021
To download the March 2021 Retail Aggregate PDF, click here. UK retail sector credit is in rough shape, according to Credit Benchmark consensus credit data. The divide between US and UK retail sector default risk continues to grow. Similarly, default risk for UK retail, at 105 bps, remains much higher than the equivalent global retail […]
March 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 managers, and buy-side owners, summarizes the changes in credit consensus of each group as well as their current credit distribution and count of entities that have migrated from Investment Grade […]
COVID Crisis Continues to Shuffle the Deck on Corporate Credit Quality
The COVID-19 crisis continues to spark a great deal of volatility in corporate credit sentiment. The ranks of Fallen Angels (companies that have fallen from investment-grade to high-yield status) and Rising Stars (from high-yield to investment-grade) have
fluctuated over the course of the last 12 months.
February 2021 Industry Monitor
Credit Benchmark have released the industry update for end-January, based on the final and complete set of the contributed credit risk estimates from 40+ global financial institutions.
February Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs) – UK, EU and US Industrials
Credit Benchmark have released the February Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). The CCI is an index of forward-looking credit opinions for US, UK and EU Industrials based on the consensus views of over 20,000 credit analysts at 40 of the world’s leading financial institutions. Drawn from more than 800,000 contributed credit observations, the CCI tracks the […]
