CreditSights News & Blog

A pulse check on China’s spluttering economic reopening AusBiz

A pulse check on China’s spluttering economic reopening

CreditSights’ Zerlina Zeng talks asset allocation in China as it emerges from the latest round…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 20, 2022

Puerto Rico Bond Yields Surge as US Recession Fears Loom Bloomberg

Puerto Rico Bond Yields Surge as US Recession Fears Loom

The US territory has been caught up in the overall downturn in the $4 trillion…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 15, 2022

CreditSights Adds New Senior Analysts, Builds Out Special Situations Coverage Press Release

CreditSights Adds New Senior Analysts, Builds Out Special Situations Coverage

NEW YORK, N.Y. (16 June, 2022) – CreditSights, Inc., the independent voice of credit markets,…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 16, 2022

Atlanta Seeks $535 Million Bond Sale for World’s Busiest Airport BNN Bloomberg

Atlanta Seeks $535 Million Bond Sale for World’s Busiest Airport

Spread widening may provide a cushion against headwinds such as slow business travel demand, rising…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: June 8, 2022

Case Western Reserve joins century bond club amid steady uptick of rates The Bond Buyer

Case Western Reserve joins century bond club amid steady uptick of rates

“We believe that the CWRU deal will benefit from being priced a corporate bond, as…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: June 9, 2022

With higher rates, total 2022 issuance projections keep falling The Bond Buyer

With higher rates, total 2022 issuance projections keep falling

Pat Luby, senior municipal strategist at CreditSights, revised his predictions down from $480 billion to $410…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: June 10, 2022

Puerto Rico Pitches Investors a Future Without ‘Training Wheels’ Bloomberg

Puerto Rico Pitches Investors a Future Without ‘Training Wheels’

“Now the economy is doing well because of all of the Hurricane Maria aid and…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 8, 2022

Puerto Rico Lays Out the Welcome Mat After 5 Years of Bankruptcy Bloomberg

Puerto Rico Lays Out the Welcome Mat After 5 Years of Bankruptcy

“In the short term, the credit looks good because you havethe board keeping an eye…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 6, 2022

Borrowing costs hit issuance, what is the effect on trading? Trader TV

Borrowing costs hit issuance, what is the effect on trading?

Winifred Cisar Stieglitz, global head of strategy at CreditSights explains there are two trends in…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 6, 2022

Vistra CEO transition is latest step in power provider’s transformation S&P Global

Vistra CEO transition is latest step in power provider’s transformation

Vistra has had success adding solar to its portfolio in Illinois, but has experienced "significant…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 6, 2022

US Delistings A Credit Risk for China Tech Firms Bloomberg

US Delistings A Credit Risk for China Tech Firms

Delisting from US stock exchanges may pose long-term credit risks for Chinese tech firms, including…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 1, 2022

Munis better but still on track for worst year on record The Bond Buyer

Munis better but still on track for worst year on record

“Due to the lagging performance of the tax-exempt market, the ratios of muni versus taxable…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 23, 2022

State-driven deals underwhelm IFR

State-driven deals underwhelm

The deal sizes were also small, as onshore corporate bond issues tend to top Rmb500m.…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 27, 2022

Some Retailers Had Weak Earnings. Defaults Still Aren’t on the Horizon. MarketWatch

Some Retailers Had Weak Earnings. Defaults Still Aren’t on the Horizon.

Still, CreditSights analyst James Goldstein kept an Underperform rating on Gap following the recent results. Based on…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 31, 2022

Total issuance down in May led by 70% drop in refundings The Bond Buyer

Total issuance down in May led by 70% drop in refundings

As has been the trend in recent months, total issuance for May was down year-over-year.…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 31, 2022

FedNat shares tank further as insurer cancels policies, CFO resigns EXCLUSIVE S&P Global

FedNat shares tank further as insurer cancels policies, CFO resigns EXCLUSIVE

CreditSights analyst Josh Esterov said in an interview that the Florida insurance market is in…

creditsightsArticle published date: May 20, 2022

Munis face continued selling pressure, ICI reports $6.2B outflows The Bond Buyer

Munis face continued selling pressure, ICI reports $6.2B outflows

Exchange-traded funds saw another round of inflows at $1.002 billion versus $1.068 billion of inflows the…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 11, 2022

Princeton to bring $300M corporate CUSIPs, $300M exempts The Bond Buyer

Princeton to bring $300M corporate CUSIPs, $300M exempts

“Princeton is not alone in having tapped the corporate market,” Patrick Luby, senior municipal strategist…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 16, 2022

Munis sit on sidelines ahead of large GO deals The Bond Buyer

Munis sit on sidelines ahead of large GO deals

“The constant barrage of bids-wanteds is a new source of supply into the market, competing…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 16, 2022

Creditsights’ Cisar Says Bond Spreads Approaching ‘Danger Zone’ MSN Money

Creditsights’ Cisar Says Bond Spreads Approaching ‘Danger Zone’

Creditsights Global Head of Credit Strategy Winnie Cisar says the Federal Reserve may reassess its interest…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 17, 2022