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Fallen Angels: Potential Defaults Climb as Ranks Grow

Rating agency downgrades have hit unprecedented levels over the past few months, but the majority of the downgrades have been for companies that were already classed as high yield. Fallen Angels – companies that cross the boundary from Investment Grade to Junk – are still in a minority, as agencies (and their corporate clients) display an understandable reluctance to avoid the “BBB cliff”.

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Basel IV

Mark Faulkner, Co-Founder Credit Benchmark talks Basel IV Listen to this podcast on the Pierpoint Perspective website.

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Basel IV Rules: The Impact Upon Capital Markets and the Securities Finance Industry

The forthcoming Basel IV regulations present a large-scale challenge for the securities finance industry. A new paper by Credit Benchmark outlines the cost ramifications of new rules limiting banks’ use of internal rating models for RWA purposes and the introduction of 100% RWA for unrated obligors.

The purpose of this paper is to help raise awareness of these regulations, to highlight their potential impact and to issue a call to action.

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