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Credit Spotlight on Global Defense
Rising defense budgets and investment in new technologies are seeing a boost to the credit quality of global aerospace and defense firms. Credit Benchmark reviews recent credit trends in the industry.
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Pension Deficits Are A Growing Source Of Credit Risk
This blog discusses the scale of the global pension funding crisis and highlights the risk to Sovereign credit ratings. This week the main holders of
Credit Volatility And The VIX
This blog reports on the volatility of credit estimates measured by Credit Benchmark, compared with equity market volatility measured by the CBOE Volatility Index (the
EU Stress Tests And Spanish Banks
The 2016 EU-wide stress test results covering 51 banks were published last week. Credit Benchmark data shows a clear relationship between risk and CET 1
Hurricanes And Credit Risk
The Southeast U.S.A. is in the middle of its annual hurricane season. In this blog, we look at the impact that a severe hurricane could
Ireland: Rapid Credit Upgrades And The Impact Of Brexit
Global IRB banks have been steadily upgrading the Irish Government over the past year ; and the country’s long term rating was recently upgraded by
Australia’s Sovereign Risk: Banks Have Been Consistently Cautious
The main rating agencies have so far been unanimous in their credit opinion of the Australia Government; they have all assigned the equivalent of a
