Earlier this week, Moody’s Investor Services downgraded the credit ratings of 10 regional banks and put 17 other banks under review or gave their rating a negative outlook. Notwithstanding the downgrades, most of the...more
Moody’s published its 2023 Outlook – Macroeconomic challenges to exacerbate ESG credit risks on January 9, 2023, laying out various macroeconomic challenges it expects as a result of climate-related and other issues. Among...more
The April 29th deadline is rapidly approaching for insurers, reinsurers and other interested insurance industry participants to submit comments on S&P Global Ratings’ proposal for changing its methodology analyzing...more
A global pandemic. A worldwide shortage of microchips. Vaccine mandates and testing requirements. Labor shortages and increased salary costs for employees who do show up to work. Not to mention the hundreds of containers...more
Last week, Fitch Ratings announced the launch of new ESG ratings system, which is intended to use a "clear methodolog[y]," of a "full assessment of ESG performance" that "allow[s] for detailed comparability." This...more
On August 19, Moody’s published its research report titled Housing – US: Urban Markets Will Recover After Pandemic as Americans’ Housing Decisions Evolve. Report....more
On July 29, Moody’s published an updated ratings methodology titled US Local Government General Obligation Debt. Methodology....more
On July 15, Fitch published an article titled Originator-Specific Residential Mortgage Analysis Rating. Criteria. On July 14, Fitch published an article titled U.S. Public Finance Prepaid Energy Transaction Rating. Criteria....more
On June 30, Fitch published its criteria for Covered Bonds Rating. Criteria. On June 30, DBRS Morningstar published its updated methodology for U.S. ABS General Ratings. Methodology....more
On June 15, KBRA published a Structured Finance CMBS pre-sale report titled Bank 2020-BNK27. Report. On June 10, DBRS Morningstar published its U.S. ABS General Ratings. Methodology....more
On June 3, KBRA published a Structured Finance research report titled CMBS: Coronavirus (COVID-19): CMBS Loan Performance Trend Update. Report. On June 3, KBRA published a report titled Public Finance: Coronavirus (COVID-19):...more
On May 22, KBRA published a report titled Coronavirus (COVID-19): RMBS Forbearance and Delinquency Trends. ...more
On May 6, Fitch published its updated Future Flow Securitization Rating. Criteria. On May 4, DBRS Morningstar published its updated Assessing U.S. RMBS Pools Under the Ability-to-Repay Rules. Methodology....more
On April 27, KBRA published a report titled Public Finance: Coronavirus (COVID-19): Municipal Issuers’ Virus-Related Voluntary Disclosures Trend Up. Report. On April 21, Moody’s published its revised approach to rating U.S....more
On April 3, Moody’s published its Operating Company Securitizations. Methodology. On April 3, KBRA published a report titled CMBS: Coronavirus (COVID-19): Multifamily Update – Bracing for Forbearance. Report....more
The Senate unanimously passed a hotly anticipated third COVID-19-related stimulus bill last night, and the House is set to take up the measure today and vote tomorrow on the bill that would deliver $2 trillion in loans, tax...more
Back in the febrile, hyperventilated times that birthed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (blessedly known simply as Dodd-Frank), one of the issues that energized the activists’ intent on “fixing”...more
If some or all of your District’s outstanding bonds are guaranteed by the Washington State (the “State”) School Bond Guarantee Program, it is time to post an event notice to the affected bonds on EMMA (or to verify the...more
On June 5, Fitch published a methodology for U.S. RMBS Seasoned and Reperforming Loans. Methodology....more
On May 29, Morningstar announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DBRS, the world’s fourth largest credit ratings agency, for a purchase price of $669 million. ...more
On May 8, DBRS published its rating methodology for Public Universities. Methodology. On May 7, Moody’s published its rating methodology for certain Nonprofit Organizations. Release....more
On March 11, Moody’s issued a revised rating methodology for Transactions Backed by Trade Receivable Obligations. Methodology. On March 8, Fitch issued criteria relating to Counterparty Risk Assessment in Relation to the...more
On March 6, Moody’s published a rating methodology for Publicly Managed Airports and Related Issuers. Methodology. On March 5, Fitch published its updated rating criteria for Aircraft Operating Lease ABS. Criteria....more
On February 22, Fitch released the following report: What Investors Want to Know: ESG Relevance Scores (Marking the Intersection of Credit Risk and ESG Risks). Report....more
On February 5, Moody’s published a report entitled: Automotive – Global: Automakers Face Multiple Challenges from Carbon Transition. ...more