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4/12/2024 Research EN
Structured finance monitoring report and 2025 rating outlook
Consumer, corporate and SME ABS and RMBS have experienced positive ratings drift since the pandemic, a period characterised by extremely low levels of borrower insolvencies, mainly due to powerful policy measures in support of households and businesses.
18/11/2024 Research EN
Divergent household strategies to optimise borrowing costs may put financial stability at risk
Homeowners in some European markets prefer floating-rate mortgages while others prefer longer-dated fixed interest rates. Given that borrowing costs are all linked to the same ECB rates, this is somewhat counter intuitive.
15/11/2024 Research EN
Scope Ratings publishes its General Project Finance Rating Methodology
Scope has published the annual update of its General Project Finance Rating Methodology. The changes are mainly editorial and aimed at providing further clarity and ensuring consistency with Scope’s other rating methodologies and rating definitions.
11/11/2024 Research EN
Nominate us at Global Capital European Securitization Awards 2025
Global Capital has opened the call for nominations for its European Securitization Awards 2025. Awards are selected following a two-stage process: nominations will form the basis of a shortlist for each award that is then voted on by market participants.
4/11/2024 Research EN
Scope updates its CRE Loan and CMBS Rating Methodology and calls for comments
Scope proposes an update to its CRE Loan and CMBS Rating Methodology and calls for comments from market participants by 4 December 2024. The proposed update clarifies and refines Scope’s analytical approach.
29/10/2024 Research EN
Covered Bond Quarterly: Reviving publicly guaranteed collateral could boost European competitiveness
With sovereign credit quality reflecting fiscal and economic challenges, the Draghi report offered valuable insights into how to address some structural issues facing the euro area. But the report was notably silent on the contribution of covered bonds.
24/10/2024 Research EN
What Frederick the Great might have told Mario Draghi about covered bonds
In 1769, Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, introduced the legal basis for an instrument that developed into Germany’s Pfandbrief, the forerunner of all covered bonds. How would he have reacted to the Draghi report on European competitiveness?