October 2023 Credit Outlook
The October 2023 Credit Outlook looks at recent credit trends and highlights seen in the consensus dataset. Read more here.
October 10, 2023
The October 2023 Credit Outlook looks at recent credit trends and highlights seen in the consensus dataset. Read more here.
The August-23 Monthly Credit Outlook looks at recent credit trends and highlights seen in the consensus dataset. Read more here.
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The June Monthly Credit Outlook looks at recent credit trends and highlights seen in the consensus dataset. This month, Global Corporates, Financials and Sovereigns all show net downgrades.
Latest Credit Benchmark data shows that the credit rating of a country’s financial system is heavily influenced by that of the Sovereign, and, in countries with the strongest credit, the Financial sector is stronger than the Corporate sector.
Credit Benchmark have released the April Industrials Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). US Industrial firms return to negative credit balance this month. UK Industrial firms ended their trend of net deterioration, with a neutral credit quality score. EU Industrial firms continue their run of positive credit movement.
Renewable energy is at the centre of efforts to tackle climate change, but there have been setbacks to growth. 80%+ of energy demand is still met by fossil fuels, with fossil fuel companies reporting record profits as global energy prices spike. In the past two years, renewable credit risk has deteriorated and traditional energy has improved. However, there are some signs that the credit tide may be turning.
Credit Benchmark have released the February Consumer Services Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). This month the consensus outlook on EU Consumer Services firms is back in positive territory, whilst US Consumer Services firms return to net deterioration. UK Consumer Services firms have experienced recent instability in their collective credit balance.
The February Monthly Credit Outlook looks at recent credit trends and highlights seen in the consensus dataset. This month, credit risk is elevated but some positive surprises may be possible.
Pension funds are traditionally well capitalised and usually considered investment grade. Many of the companies that sponsor those funds are weaker credits, and a significant number are non-investment grade. This means that some of the largest DB pension funds in the UK cannot rely on their sponsors for cash support to meet margin calls.
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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