Rules & Ratings: S&P’s APAC sovereign ratings stable – for now
No changes were made to S&P Global’s 21 APAC sovereign ratings or outlooks in H1 2025, suggesting an expectation that the global economy will...
Rules & Ratings: S&P Global brings standard identifiers to private credit
S&P Global has expanded its LoanX IDs (LXIDs) to provide private credit identifiers.
The LXIDs identify instruments across counterparties and datasets, enabling them to be...
Insights and analysis: Goldman cuts US recession probability to 30%
In a research piece from 21 June, Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius provides an improved outlook on US economic conditions as tariffs expectations stabilised....
Rules & Ratings: UnitedHealth Group credit outlooks downgraded to negative
AM Best has reassigned UnitedHealth Group’s credit ratings outlooks from stable to negative in anticipation of poor 2025 performance in its Medicare Advantage segment.
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Insights & Analysis: European high-yield issuance dropped in Q1
Primary high yield (HY) bond issuance fell by 23.6% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the first three months of the year, and was down almost 30%...
Rules & Ratings: Ratings agencies spar in private ratings legitimacy debacle
KBRA has hit back at Fitch Ratings’ claims that private credit ratings are inaccurate, stating that the agency has damaged its reputation and integrity...
Insights & Analysis: CCPs’ micro-prudential framework can increase system wise risk level, Sarah Breeden...
Rules that keep each central counterparty safe can, on their own, push danger into the wider financial system, the Bank of England’s Sarah Breeden...
Rules & Ratings: S&P warns on forecast uncertainty
S&P Global Ratings has said it believes a high degree of unpredictability exists around policy implementation by the US administration and possible responses regarding...
Insights and Analysis: Citadel Securities challenges primary market conflicts
A year ago, rumours in the bond markets suggested that Citadel Securities might be planning a move into bond issuance, a move which buy-side...
Insights & Analysis: SEC new datasets show 2024 was a boom year for ABS
New regulatory data published by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Economic and Risk Analysis shows US asset-backed securities issuance almost doubling...
