In The Press
The Desk: Rules and Ratings: Understanding gaps between credit risk data and credit ratings
Bloomberg’s Zane Van Dusen speaks to The Desk on the value of alternative sources of credit risk data beyond traditional credit ratings. In the interview, Zane highlights the powerful utility of Credit Benchmark’s Credit Consensus Ratings and descriptive analytics for assessing private credit risk.
Financial Times: UK Bailout: Paper Vapours
Take-up of the UK’s emergency commercial paper scheme aimed at big businesses is accelerating, as reported in The Financial Times’ Lex column, highlighting Credit Benchmark’s role
Reuters: Ramped Up Spending Puts Germany’s Triple-A Rating At Risk – Credit Benchmark
Shouldering the burden of spending to limit the damage inflicted by the coronavirus outbreak could put Germany’s triple-A credit rating at risk, writes Dhara Ranasinghe
The Wall Street Journal: Investment-Grade Bonds Could Turn to Junk Amid Global Rout
Economic fallout from the novel coronavirus and collapsing oil prices are sparking steep declines in the $3.4 trillion market of corporate bonds with triple-B credit ratings,
The Wall Street Journal: Coronavirus Fallout Exposes Vulnerability of Junk Debt
Debt investors are grappling with the worst selloff in the riskiest corner of the corporate debt market in over a decade, writes Lorena Ruibal for
The Wall Street Journal: Lenders Brace for Private-Equity Loan Defaults
The default risk of companies owned by private-equity firms is 2.5 times that of their public counterparts, according to data collected from banks, insurers and
Bloomberg: Credit: There May Be Trouble Ahead
There are plenty of arguments over whether we have reached the end of the long expansionary cycle in the U.S., and whether the rest of
