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California’s ratings should be higher, analyst firm says The Bond Buyer

California’s ratings should be higher, analyst firm says

The state's GOs "should be rated higher than they are currently given the large and…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 25, 2022

Munis steady to firmer in spots as FOMC week kicks off The Bond Buyer

Munis steady to firmer in spots as FOMC week kicks off

"Supply for this week is expected to be very light and demand will get a…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 31, 2022

Eastern Michigan University makes P3 play to transform student housing The Bond Buyer

Eastern Michigan University makes P3 play to transform student housing

CreditSights views the enrollment declines as worrisome and a risk factor for future downgrades even…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: November 1, 2022

Credit Suisse Buyback Sees Only Half of the Holders Tender its Bonds BondEValue

Credit Suisse Buyback Sees Only Half of the Holders Tender its Bonds

“The benefits are clear for CS, and it was a signal that its liquidity was…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: November 7, 2022

Singapore banks fight for market share in fixed deposits and savings accounts The Straits Times

Singapore banks fight for market share in fixed deposits and savings accounts

Mr Pramod Shenoi, head of Asia-Pacific financials research at CreditSights, the debt research unit of…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 10, 2022

Singapore banks’ mortgage rate hikes will push down discretionary spending, analyst says CNBC

Singapore banks’ mortgage rate hikes will push down discretionary spending, analyst says

Pramod Shenoi of CreditSights says “households are going to look very carefully at where they’re…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 5, 2022

Tata Steel’s merger of seven group companies a “positive step,” says CreditSight Economic Times

Tata Steel’s merger of seven group companies a “positive step,” says CreditSight

"We view the proposed amalgamation as another positive step taken by Tata to simplify its…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: September 27, 2022

European junk bond markets creak open with Lottomatica deal Financial Times

European junk bond markets creak open with Lottomatica deal

“There’s an element of caution we’re seeing. Not everyone and anyone will be able to…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: September 16, 2022

Corebridge flat following IPO; wider market down after August inflation report EXCLUSIVE S&P Global

Corebridge flat following IPO; wider market down after August inflation report EXCLUSIVE

CreditSights analyst Josh Esterov said in an interview that the IPO marked a "significant milestone"…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: September 16, 2022

Small-Town Sewers Are Getting Tech-Like Premiums Bloomberg

Small-Town Sewers Are Getting Tech-Like Premiums

As noted by CreditSights, which calculated the figures, credit rating firms would prefer regulated operations to…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: September 19, 2022

Musk’s Twitter Buyout Gambit Is Getting Costlier by the Day BNN Bloomberg

Musk’s Twitter Buyout Gambit Is Getting Costlier by the Day

Twitter now faces an annual interest burden of nearly $1.2 billion, up from an estimated…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 12, 2022

Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal Is Different Than Most LBOs, Here’s How The Washington Post

Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal Is Different Than Most LBOs, Here’s How

CreditSights, a credit research firm, sees total leverage increasing to a ratio of 9 times…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 12, 2022

S&P Withdraws Adani Transmission’s Rating At Its Request BW BusinessWorld

S&P Withdraws Adani Transmission’s Rating At Its Request

The withdrawal comes just weeks after a report by CreditSights, revised its "deeply overleveraged" label…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 18, 2022

Between Cornell and Colgate, a Hard Lesson in College Economics BNN Bloomberg

Between Cornell and Colgate, a Hard Lesson in College Economics

“Cazenovia’s troubles are emblematic of challenges that small, less-selective liberal arts schools are feeling nationwide,”…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 14, 2022

As Pension Goes Broke, Bankruptcy Haunts City Near Philadelphia BNN Bloomberg

As Pension Goes Broke, Bankruptcy Haunts City Near Philadelphia

“All of the headline general government bankruptcies this century have been largely due to unfunded…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 17, 2022

Scotiabank to sell new hybrid debt as Fed’s hikes weigh on Latin America BNN Bloomberg

Scotiabank to sell new hybrid debt as Fed’s hikes weigh on Latin America

“We think Scotia should trade somewhat outside of Toronto-Dominion,” said Peter Simon, a New York-based…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 17, 2022

Fitch Group to Acquire CreditSights, Inc., a Leading Provider of Independent Credit Research  Press Release

Fitch Group to Acquire CreditSights, Inc., a Leading Provider of Independent Credit Research 

Fitch Solutions - New York and London - 14 January 2021: Fitch Group, a global…

Meredith RowleyArticle published date: January 14, 2021

Andrew Ragsly Joins LevFin Insights to Further Expand Special Situations Coverage Press Release

Andrew Ragsly Joins LevFin Insights to Further Expand Special Situations Coverage

NEW YORK N.Y. (15 September, 2022) - CreditSights, Inc. and LevFin Insights are pleased to…

creditsightsArticle published date: September 15, 2022

Bond Issuance Spree As U.S. Companies Rush Before More Rate Hikes International Business Times

Bond Issuance Spree As U.S. Companies Rush Before More Rate Hikes

Companies are trying to get ahead of what they expect to be a tough road…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: September 8, 2022

High-yield issuers may have missed the boat IFR

High-yield issuers may have missed the boat

CreditSights Mark Chapman and Alex Lawrence said in note Iliad could opportunistically come to market…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: September 8, 2022