Ratings & Analysis: First Brands Group issuer ratings plunge
Autopart supplier First Brands Group has plummeted in credit agency ratings, declaring bankruptcy in the US.
Fitch dropped the company from B to CCC last...
Insights & Analysis: Technology upends traditional credit trading liquidity patterns, Barclays says
In a recent research note Zornitsa Todorova, head of FICC research at Barclays contends that with over half of IG volumes now electronic, systematic...
Rules & Ratings: France falls in Fitch’s ratings
France has suffered a blow to its credit ratings, downgraded by Fitch to AA- from A+ with a stable outlook.
A catalyst for this change...
Rules & Ratings: Delta gets a positive outlook upgrade at Fitch
Fitch Ratings has revised Delta Art Lines’ credit rating outlook from stable to positive, and affirmed its BBB- long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR).
This change...
Insights & Analysis: UBS: Opportunity to “lock in rates higher” ahead of cuts
Fed governors appear to be leaning into a more dovish approach ahead of expected rate cuts this September, UBS observed in a research note,...
Insights & Analysis : Makeup removal time for Powell at Jackson Hole
The Fed chair, Jerome Powell, used the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium on 22 August to confirm a formal reset of the Fed policy...
Rules and ratings: S&P gives the nod to US administration’s new tariff policy
S&P Global Ratings has affirmed the United States’ credit rating of ‘AA+/A-1+’ with a stable outlook, explicitly linking the decision to the administration’s tariff...
Insights & Analysis: Weakened US economy and tariff uncertainty unsettles corporates
Trump’s long-dreaded and much-amended tariffs increased the US tariff rate to more than 18% this month – up more than eightfold on 2024’s levels....
Insight & Analysis: Municipals’ primary and secondary markets hit records
According to Sifma data, municipals’ primary markets issued a record US$162.8 billion of new debt in the second quarter of 2025, eclipsing the previous...
Rules & Ratings: EM credit risk on the rise, says Fitch
Fitch Ratings has revised its sector outlooks for APAC, Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa sovereign to ‘deteriorating’ from ‘neutral’ as credit risk rises.
Credit risk...
