February 2021 Fund Monitor
Request your free copy of the latest Fund Monitor below. The lack of easily accessible, reliable credit rating information on the vast majority of Funds leads to missed commercial opportunities and frustrating backlogs in onboarding, Know Your Customer (KYC), Agency Lending Disclosure (ALD) and Operational Due Diligence (ODD) processes. Credit Benchmark Credit Consensus Ratings fill this important […]
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 credit quality and default risk for the US and UK retail sectors emerged in recent years. Since Credit Benchmark began tracking data on the retail sector, default risk has been […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
‘Fallen Angels’ in Hard-Hit Travel Sector Stage a Recovery
As one of the industries most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, 44% of global Travel & Leisure companies with a Consensus rating fell from investment grade to high yield in 2020. Some of these companies have shown resilience however, with nearly 10% of these ‘fallen angels’ migrating back into investment grade at a later point in the year.
January 2021 Bank & Subsidiary Monitor
Request your free copy of the latest Bank & Subsidiary Monitor below. Risk isn’t always where you think it is. When you are dealing with any global institution, the risk doesn’t always reside with “the name over the door” – nor necessarily in the jurisdiction that you think you are doing business in. Understanding the […]
End-December 2020 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 […]
End-December Industry Monitor
Download the End-December Industry Monitor infographic below. Credit Benchmark have released the end-month industry update for December, based on the final and complete set of the contributed credit risk estimates from 40+ global financial institutions. In the update, you will find: Compared to the figures seen in the November End-Month Industry Monitor, the December End-Month […]
Energy Sector Credit Deterioration Carries On: December 2020
To download the December 2020 Oil & Gas Aggregate PDF, click here. . Problems in the energy sector are far from new, and are continuing to worsen slightly each month. This is particularly true for the US and UK energy sectors which have seen a great deal of volatility and distress in the last year […]
December Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs) – UK, EU and US Industrials
Credit Benchmark have released the December 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 […]