News and Press
The Desk: Rules and Ratings: Understanding gaps between credit risk data and credit ratings
November 13, 2024
Bloomberg’s Zane Van Dusen speaks to The Desk on the value of alternative sources of credit risk data beyond traditional credit ratings. In the interview, Zane highlights the powerful utility of Credit Benchmark’s Credit Consensus Ratings and descriptive analytics for assessing private credit risk.
Credit Benchmark Launches PortfolioLens™ to Deliver Customized Credit Risk Insights at Scale
Credit Benchmark today announced the launch of PortfolioLens™, its new analytics platform designed to deliver instant, portfolio-level insights on credit exposures and emerging risks – even for unrated and opaque counterparties.
Petroleum Economist: IOCs Put on Show of Strength in Bond Markets
Recent debt issuance by International Oil Companies (IOCs) could be seen as a muscle-flexing exercise as much as a move to bolster balance sheets, writes
Financial Times: UK Bailout: Paper Vapours
Take-up of the UK’s emergency commercial paper scheme aimed at big businesses is accelerating, as reported in The Financial Times’ Lex column, highlighting Credit Benchmark’s role
Reuters: Ramped Up Spending Puts Germany’s Triple-A Rating At Risk – Credit Benchmark
Shouldering the burden of spending to limit the damage inflicted by the coronavirus outbreak could put Germany’s triple-A credit rating at risk, writes Dhara Ranasinghe
The Wall Street Journal: Investment-Grade Bonds Could Turn to Junk Amid Global Rout
Economic fallout from the novel coronavirus and collapsing oil prices are sparking steep declines in the $3.4 trillion market of corporate bonds with triple-B credit ratings,
The Wall Street Journal: Coronavirus Fallout Exposes Vulnerability of Junk Debt
Debt investors are grappling with the worst selloff in the riskiest corner of the corporate debt market in over a decade, writes Lorena Ruibal for
The Wall Street Journal: Lenders Brace for Private-Equity Loan Defaults
The default risk of companies owned by private-equity firms is 2.5 times that of their public counterparts, according to data collected from banks, insurers and
