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Private credit is booming — but can institutions keep pace with the risk? New research from Credit Benchmark explores the visibility gap. The post The Growing Blind Spot in Private Markets appeared first on Credit Benchmark .

When a new SRT deal tape arrives, the first instinct is to pull credit data on the underlying pool. For most of the names on the tape, that search returns no results. SRT reference pools are dominated by private, mid-market corporate borrowers that traditional rating agencies, such as S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch, don’t cover and […] The post Significant Risk Transfer: Structures, Disclosure, and Borr…

Global credit risk is rising across industries. Discover key divergences in financials, data centers, consumer sectors, and what to expect next. The post Fault Lines and Safe Havens: Where Global Credit Risk is Heading appeared first on Credit Benchmark .

Download PDF The Middle East conflict is already reshaping global supply chains – but the most significant risks are not the immediate disruptions. They are the second-order effects now building across petrochemicals, plastics, and downstream industries. While first-order impacts – energy price volatility, transport disruption, and infrastructure damage – have been rapid and visible, the […] The …

Credit Benchmark, the leading provider of consensus credit risk data, announces the appointment of Kuveshen Chetty as Acting Head of Africa. The post Credit Benchmark Appoints Dean Smith as New Chief Technology Officer to Propel Next Phase of Growth and Platform Innovation appeared first on Credit Benchmark .

Credit Benchmark provides an independent, consensus-based view of credit risk across clearing members and their broader networks, helping risk teams detect deterioration earlier and make more confident decisions on margin, participation, and exposure management. The post Independent Credit Intelligence for CCPs and Clearing Houses appeared first on Credit Benchmark .

The final Basel III reforms are no longer a future regulatory shift. For many banks, its effects are already showing up in lending decisions, model governance reviews, and portfolio construction discussions that would have looked very different two years ago. Implementation is unfolding unevenly, and the divergence between jurisdictions goes well beyond timing: Canada completed […] The post Basel…

Consensus PD data shows Canadian credit risk rising but stabilising — with tariff stress hitting consumer and industrial sectors hardest, and HY deteriorating far faster than IG across provinces. The post Canada Credit Risk Outlook 2026 appeared first on Credit Benchmark .

Learn how mapping your internal entity list to a Credit Benchmark Identifier unlocks seamless access to consensus credit data, and discover which of three matching approaches best fits your workflow. The post Webinar: Unlocking the Power of CBID – Smarter Entity Matching for Scalable Portfolio Monitoring appeared first on Credit Benchmark .

Most large financial institutions have stress testing programs that appear complete. Scenario design, macro-linkage calibration, and capital projection frameworks all meet DFAST, CCAR, and IFRS 9 expectations on paper. The methodology is sound. The credit data feeding those scenarios is often not. Traditional rating agencies cover only about 10–15% of entities in a typical bank […] The post Credi…

This report highlights some of the ways that Credit Benchmark clients are using proxy indices, transition matrices and correlation analytics to manage credit portfolio risks. The post Credit Portfolio Management appeared first on Credit Benchmark .

The Middle East conflict is once again exposing the fragility of global supply chains. As with Covid and Ukraine, the consequences are unlikely to be immediate - but they will spread across sectors in ways that are difficult to predict. The post Middle East Conflict: Which Sectors Are Most Vulnerable? appeared first on Credit Benchmark .

The energy shock of 2026 could become a bigger problem for credit markets than the shock of 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine. The post Risk Watching: Why This Energy Shock Might Hit Credit Harder Than The Last One appeared first on Credit Benchmark .

Credit Benchmark’s 2026 G7 + China Default Outlook signals rising private corporate default risk amid slower global growth and tight funding conditions, while financial institutions remain more resilient across most markets. The post 2026 Default Risk Outlook: G7 + China appeared first on Credit Benchmark .

Most credit risk monitoring tools serve the rated universe well. Bond spreads, CDS pricing, agency ratings, market-implied default probabilities—the data infrastructure supporting surveillance of publicly traded and rated counterparties is deep, real-time, and well-served by multiple competing platforms. The surveillance gap is elsewhere. Private companies, middle-market borrowers, fund structure…

Regulators, auditors, and internal committees increasingly demand independent external validation for credit models. Traditional rating agencies provide established benchmarks for public companies and large bond issuers—but a significant portion of most institutional portfolios consists of entities outside their coverage.  For middle-market borrowers, private credit exposures, and fund counterpar…