Default Risk for US, UK Retailers Accelerates
To download the June 2020 Retail Aggregate PDF, click here. This year has not been kind to the beleaguered US retail sector. Several major chains, including Neiman Marcus, JC Penney, and J Crew have declared bankruptcy, joining a host of smaller retailers that have succumbed to the pandemic-driven pause in brick-and-mortar retail shopping. More are […]
June Flash Update
Download June intra-month flash update infographic below. Credit Benchmark have released the intra-month flash update for June, based on a partial subset of the contributed credit risk estimates from 40+ global financial institutions. In the update, you will find: Compared to the figures seen in the May End-of-Month Update, the June intra-month flash update shows: […]
Financial Institutions Credit Risk Monitor
The new Financial Institutions Credit Risk 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 […]
May End-of-Month Credit Update
Download full May End-of-Month Credit Update infographic below. Credit Benchmark has released the latest end-of-month consensus credit data (from April 2020), based on the final and complete set of contributed credit risk estimates from 40+ global financial institutions. This final update takes into account the credit movements of ~26,000 separate legal entities. In the update, […]
Default Risk Rising Quickly for US Auto Sector
To download the May 2020 Auto Aggregate PDF, click here. Problems for the US auto sector are making themselves known in credit data, and credit data for the UK already reflects ongoing issues. This comes as the US reaches a possible bottom in COVID-19-related sales declines, with some dealers reporting reasons for optimism as the […]
Oil & Gas Credit Risk is Getting Worse
To download the May 2020 Oil & Gas Aggregate PDF, click here. . The energy sector remains in a precarious position. Even with a recent upward trend in prices, helped by an OPEC agreement to cut production, the underlying economy remains weak and many are traveling far less than they used to before the pandemic […]
Credit Quality for US Housing Sector Deteriorates Sharply
To download the May 2020 Housing Aggregate PDF, click here. . Problems in the US housing sector abound. Credit quality for both US- and UK-based firms continues to deteriorate, but the moves are significantly more dramatic in the US, with average probability of default increasing 3% over the last month and 13% over the past […]
May Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs) – UK, EU and US Industrials
Credit Benchmark have released the May 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 […]
May Flash Update
Download May intra-month flash update infographic below. Credit Benchmark have released the intra-month flash update for May, based on a partial subset of the contributed credit risk estimates from 40+ global financial institutions. In the update, you will find: Compared to the figures seen in the April End-of-Month Update, the May intra-month flash update shows: […]
Credit Risk Surges for US, UK Retailers
To download the May 2020 Retail Aggregate PDF, click here. Default Risk for US Retailers Up 6% in Last Month US General Retail Firms Credit quality for US general retail firms has plummeted 6% over the last month and 12.3% across the past year. The average probability of default for the sector is now 52.2 […]
