This page will focus on insights and commentary from our Partner, FitchRatings.
- Telecom and Technology Weathered Pandemic; Media Saw Bankruptcies – posted on July 9, 2021 *New*
- Lev. Finance Markets Resilient in 2020; Maturities Pushed Out; Defaults Contained – posted on July 9, 2021 *New*
- Upgrades, Fewer Defaults Signal New LevFin Credit Cycle – posted on June 21, 2021
- US Loan Default Rate Forecast Lowered to 1.5% for 2021 – posted on June 21, 2021
- Fitch Chart Snap: Minority of Positive Corporate Rating Actions are Actual Upgrades – posted on June 17, 2021
- Pandemic Driven Global Corporate Rating Actions Continue to Reverse – posted on June 14, 2021
- Debt Priming for Favorites Creates a “Second Class” of Excluded Lenders – posted on June 7, 2021
- No Immediate Impact on JBS’ Ratings from Cyberattack – posted on June 2, 2021
- Outlook Notching Sensitivity Removed in U.S. CLO Analyses – posted on May 11, 2021
- HY Default Rate Expected Below 3% by May End, Near 1.5% by July End – posted on May 11, 2021
- US LevLoan Chart Book Shows Active Q1; Rating Mix Weaker Than Early 2020 But Improving – posted on May 6, 2021
- EMEA Lev Fin Credits’ Settlement Risk Pushed Beyond 2021 – posted on April 15, 2021
- Creditors May Lose Security When Subsidiary Guarantees are Released – posted on April 14, 2021
- Opportunistic Deals Drive Robust Lev Loan Issuance; HY Volume Double 2020’s Record Pace – posted on April 14, 2021
- Fitch Ratings Data Enhances Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index Methodology – posted on April 14, 2021
- US Corp HY, LL Default Rates Outlook Improves Further – posted on April 13, 2021
- U.S. CLO Portfolio Credit Quality Looks Better in 1Q2021 – posted on April 13, 2021
- 2021 Loan Default Forecast Lowered to 4.5% – posted on January 28, 2021
- European High-Yield Issuance to Rise in 2021 on ‘BB’ Refinancings – posted on January 27, 2021
- Few Airlines Remain IG After Coronavirus-Driven Downgrades – posted January 26, 2021
- U.S. Corporate Cost Restructuring Efforts Won’t Lead to Upgrades – posted on December 23, 2020
- Russian and Ukrainian Steel Companies Remain Resilient Despite the Downturn – posted on December 22, 2020
- Investment-Grade CLOs’ Rating Outlook Stable, Assets May Weaken (Global CLO Outlook-NRAC) – posted on December 18, 2020
- Institutional Loan Defaults to Finish 2020 Slightly Lower Than Expected – posted on December 17, 2020
- US Leveraged Loan and High-Yield Defaults to Rise in 2021 Despite Stabilization – posted on December 9, 2020
- Lev. Finance to Recover from a Steep Debt Precipice in 2021 – posted on December 8, 2020
- U.S. High Yield Default Volume Drops to Pre-Pandemic Levels – posted on September 11, 2020
- European Loan Issuance Increases, Defaults Steady – posted on July 27, 2020
- U.S. Leveraged Finance and CLO Weekly (Loan Default Rate Highest in a Decade; MM Recoveries’ Pandemic Impact Modest) – posted on July 27, 2020
- European Leveraged Loan Market Insight – 2Q20 Update – posted on July 27, 2020
- Fitch U.S. Leveraged Loan Default Insight (TTM Institutional Loan Default Rate Tops 4%, Highest Since May 2010 – posted on July 22, 2020
- US Default Rate to Hit 5.5%, Highest in 10 Years – posted on July 13, 2020
- Fitch U.S. High Yield Default Insight (July TTM HY Default Rate Expected Near 5.5%; Bonds of Concern Total Falls Sharply) – posted on July 13, 2020
- Latin American Cement Struggles During Pandemic (Forecasts for 2020-2022) – posted on July 13, 2020
- What Investors Want to Know – Coronavirus Impact on U.S. Speculative-Grade Corporates – posted on June 18, 2020
- Post-Lockdown Deleveraging for Some US Corps Will Take At Least Two Years – posted on June 18, 2020
- Special Report: The Road Back: Post-Lockdown Assumptions for Global Corporates – posted on June 9, 2020
- CLO Survey Illuminates Resources at Asset Managers – posted on June 3, 2020
