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Credit Spotlight on US Technology
Rising default risks and credit divergence signal a potential shakeout in the tech sector amid volatile returns and shifting global dynamics.
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January 2023 Industry Monitor
Credit Benchmark have released the latest end-month industry update, based on the final and complete set of the contributed credit risk estimates from 40+ global financial institutions.
The End of 3G: A Credit Boost for US Telecoms?
3G has been a major legacy network overhead and consumer of spectrum bandwidth in the US. But as 5G moves into high gear the Big 3 wireless carriers needed to reallocate capacity to fully support the 5G network, and free up resource for the development of 6G and beyond. With the 3G burden removed, the sector’s Big 3 are better placed to invest in future technologies with less strain on balance sheets.
Structured Credit Investor: New Report Sheds Light on Post Covid Correlations
Though credit correlations have become more positive after the coronavirus pandemic, they’ve been dropping since late 2021. Nevertheless, challenges in achieving portfolio diversification are much more acute in the post-Covid period, writes Stelios Papadopoulos for Structured Credit Investor,
Credit Correlations: Avoiding Unnecessary Risks
With default risks expected to rise in 2023, correlations between those risks are increasingly important for credit portfolio management. Exposures to different sectors – that normally diversify the portfolio – may show a simultaneous increase in risk during difficult economic conditions. This paper shows how Consensus credit data can be used to estimate credit correlations between regions, countries, industries, and sectors.
January Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs) – Global, UK & US Oil & Gas
Credit Benchmark have released the January 2023 Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). US Oil & Gas firms have put a recent negative blip behind them with another month of positive credit quality, while Global and UK firms also continue to enjoy net credit improvement.
January Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs) – UK, EU and US Industrials
Credit Benchmark have released the January Industrials Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). EU Industrial firms continue their run of positive credit movement, with a 16th month of improvement. UK Industrial firms continue to register a negative CCI this month. US Industrial firms remain slightly positive with a fifth consecutive instance of a positive CCI score.
