
26/1/2023 Research EN
Scope Financial Conditions Index improves in January
A less bleak economic outlook and the prospect that inflation and interest rates will peak in Europe this year have eased capital market conditions as refinancing gets underway, supporting credit quality. However, pockets of corporate distress remain.

24/1/2023 Research EN
Europe’s hybrid bond market: issuance set for 2023 comeback on refinancing demand, rating concerns
Europe’s hybrid bond market has started the year with a flurry of large new deals in contrast with the slump in activity in the last nine months of 2022 when volatile market conditions and rising yields deterred non-financial corporate issuers.

21/12/2022 Research EN
EU carbon border tariff could lead to increased carbon leakage
The EU carbon border tax, targeting materials and energy, could lead to increased carbon leakage as a large amount of embodied carbon is imported in non-carbon-taxed manufactured goods while materials imports account for a small share of local production.

14/12/2022 Research EN
European auto industry: fast-tracked EV transition raises challenges and uncertainties
The regulation-driven transformation confronting the European auto industry is putting the sector’s ability to preserve cashflows to the test as manufacturers prepare for the de facto ban on new internal-combustion vehicles from 2035.

13/12/2022 Research EN
Corporate GHG emissions reporting: variability of CAC-40 disclosure tests investors
The inconsistency of disclosure and the GHG-reduction goals of companies in France’s benchmark CAC-40 stock market index points to the broad Europe-wide ESG challenge ahead for fund managers and corporate executives, says Scope ESG Analysis.