Rating agency downgrades have hit unprecedented levels over the past few months, but the majority of the downgrades have been for companies that were already classed as high yield. Fallen Angels – companies that cross the boundary from Investment Grade to Junk – are still in a minority, as agencies (and their corporate clients) display an understandable reluctance to avoid the “BBB cliff”.
The likelihood of US oil and gas producers defaulting on their debt has jumped 30 per cent over the past year as the industry continues
The Covid19 crisis has exposed the risks in single, long and complex supply chains that are only as strong as their weakest link. Companies are moving
Rating agency downgrades have hit unprecedented levels over the past few months, but the majority of the downgrades have been for companies that were already classed as high yield. Fallen Angels – companies that cross the boundary from Investment Grade to Junk – are still in a minority, as agencies (and their corporate clients) display an understandable reluctance to avoid the “BBB cliff”.
The increasing complexity of global sub-custodial networks means less clarity about where an asset is held – and the credit risk of the legal entity holding it. A new whitepaper by Credit Benchmark maps this interconnectivity and sheds light on hidden potential credit risks within these networks.
To download the May 2020 Oil & Gas Aggregate PDF, click here. . The energy sector remains in a precarious position. Even with a recent
Equity markets have experienced near-record levels of volatility in the past few months and consensus credit risk estimates have also showed major changes recently. This analysis suggests that the link between credit risk and equity markets may be significant, especially in the current environment.
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
To download the April 2020 Oil & Gas Aggregate PDF, click here. . Companies in the oil & gas sector are currently facing a multitude
The IMF anticipate a global recession following the COVID-19 lockdowns. A sharp spike in corporate defaults is inevitable, but this will be mitigated by various
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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