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Canada’s Credit Divide
Canadian credit risk remains elevated but shows early signs of moderation. Persistent weakness in key sectors and provinces underscores the importance of granular credit monitoring.
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Credit Risk Model Validation: Strengthening Risk Assessment with Consensus Credit Ratings
Model owners, validation teams, CROs, IFRS 9 stakeholders, and audit professionals face mounting pressure to demonstrate that credit risk models are accurate, defensible, and aligned

Credit Benchmark: New Index Shows Bank Sentiment Worsened in August After Improvement Earlier This Year
Bank sentiment about the creditworthiness of their borrowers worsened in recent months after improvement earlier this year, according to Credit Benchmark’s new Credit Risk Index (CRI).

Credit Benchmark Launches Credit Risk Index (CRI): A New Gauge of Risk Sentiment on Private Markets
New monthly index delivers the definitive measure of credit quality trends among U.S. Private Corporates – filling a critical data gap for risk managers and investors.

Perspectives on Risk: Credit Conditions: Early Warnings and Sector Stress with Quantexa
Christa Ancri hosts Credit Benchmark’s Matt Noll and Quantexa’s Anthony Mancuso to unpack today’s credit backdrop: rising bankruptcy trends despite low charge-offs, why early-warning signals matter, and where sector pressure is most acute.

Reflections on 10 Years of Credit Consensus with Mark Faulkner, Co-Founder, Credit Benchmark
Mark Faulkner, Co-Founder of Credit Benchmark, reflects on ten years of building consensus-based credit data – the challenges, milestones, and insights that have reshaped how the world understands credit risk.

Managing Counterparty Credit Risk: Best Practices for Banks and FIs in 2025
Recent banking failures around the globe have exposed fundamental weaknesses in how financial institutions manage counterparty credit risk: The 2022 UK Gilt liquidity crisis showed