Financials have seen strong credit quality improvement this month across a variety of counterparts.
Globally Systematically Important Banks (GSIBs) were the stand-outs in the Banking group, with an improving to deteriorating ratio of 6:1. North American Banks followed closely behind with a ratio of 5.3:1. The other groups all also showed net improvement to varying degrees, with the exception of Latin American Banks which were neutral with a ratio of 1:1.
Among the Intermediaries, Prime Brokers led the pack with 5 improvements to each deterioration, followed by CCP Members with a 3:1 ratio. CCPs themselves showed no instances of deterioration this month.
On the Buy-Side, Sovereign Wealth Funds showed the strongest performance this month with a ratio of 5:1. Asset Managers and Insurance Companies showed similar levels of net credit improvement, at 2.2:1 and 2.1:1 respectively.
The only net deterioration this month was observed in Pension Funds, with an improving to deteriorating ratio of 1:3.1.
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