The Fed is taking an aggressive approach to rising inflation with predictions of imminent rate hikes, and some UK sectors will feel the flow-on impact harder than others. This report shows the historical impact of Fed rates, among other factors, on the credit quality of UK Corporate sectors.
Market risk indicators are increasingly important amid global tensions and interest rate volatility. Consensus credit data offers a view beyond the VIX index and credit spreads – and recent data suggests financial institutions see the current problems translating into higher default rates.
Pension provision is changing globally, moving the risk from the sponsoring company to the saver. Public bodies and private firms that still hold significant pension deficits are under increasing scrutiny – what happens if the sponsor runs into financial trouble? This report examines the correlation between sponsor risk and fund risk.
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.
The value of leveraged loans outstanding has more than doubled in recent years, from $600bn in 2012 to $1.4tn in 2018. This jump in issuance
Download PDF The global economy is in “a synchronized slowdown”, according to the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook report. Global growth for 2019 is expected
The link between sustainable business practices and financial performance is hotly debated. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence of companies with poor environmental, social and
Credit Portfolio Management and Bank-Sourced Benchmarks May 2018Benchmark Risk and Portfolio Analytics Overview This paper demonstrates the role of bank-sourced benchmarks and indices in credit
Companies increasingly face a legal requirement to disclose their Gender Pay Gap. According to the FT, the majority of large UK businesses pay more to
October 2017Credit Index Executive Summary Download the PDF “Bank-Sourced Credit Indices” Overview This paper presents a new and unique way of tracking real-world credit risk,
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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