GCR Lowers the Country Risk Score for the Republic of Zambia
Country Risk Score Action GCR has lowered the public country risk score on the Republic of Zambia following the missed interest payment and announced suspension…
GCR publishes Frequently Asked Questions on how GCR analyse legal entities operating within groups
Summary 12 Nov 2020 – GCR Ratings (“GCR”) has published a Special Report on how we analyse legal entities within larger operating groups. The report…
GCR Releases a Frequently Asked Questions Publication on Distressed Debt Exchanges
GCR Ratings has released a Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQ”) publication on Distressed Debt Exchanges (“DDEs”) and the related transition of the ratings of issuers that are in distress.
GCR broadens its Property Sector Risk score base to include selected European regional groupings
GCR Ratings has broadened its Commercial Property Sector Risk score base to include selected European territory groupings. Concurrently, GCR has also revised Spain’s Property Risk Score to 7.75, from 8.00 previously, amidst short-term uncertainty in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
GCR release updated Jurisdictional Supplement to the Criteria
GCR Ratings is occasionally required to qualify credit ratings issued within specific markets or jurisdictions. This is in order to reflect any divergent or market related nuances which have the potential to detract from the comparability of GCR credit ratings across jurisdictions within which GCR provides credit rating services.
GCR publishes Criteria for Fund Ratings and Criteria for Management Quality Ratings
The criteria titled ‘Criteria for Fund Ratings’ predominantly applies to fixed income funds, including money market funds and other funds with portfolios that invest primarily in debt and debt like securities. Fund ratings (“f”) are not credit ratings. Therefore, they do not measure the relative ability of a fund to repay principal and/or interest in a timely manner. Rather, Fund Ratings indicate an opinion regarding the fund’s ability to preserve principal value under varying market conditions that may be affected by credit risk, interest rates, liquidity, as well as other market conditions.
GCR maintains Insurance Sector Risk Scores for Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire
The Insurance sector risk score (ranging from 0 to 15) is a key factor in the operating environment component score. The core of the GCR Ratings Framework is based on GCR’s opinion that an entity’s operating environment largely frames its creditworthiness.
GCR lowers the South African Financial Institutions’ Sector Risk Score to ‘7.5’, from ‘8’
The Financial Institutions sector risk score (ranging from 0 to 15) is a key factor in the operating environment component score. The core of the GCR Ratings Framework is based on GCR’s opinion that an entity’s operating environment largely frames its creditworthiness. As a result, the operating environment analysis anchors the underlying risk score for the GCR rating methodology.
GCR requests Public Comments on Draft Criteria for Funds Rating and Criteria for Management Quality Ratings
GCR invites comment on the draft criteria presented and welcomes comments which may be sent to RFC@GCRratings.com, prior to the closing of the comment period on the 10th of July 2020. GCR will continue to support all ratings on existing methodologies until the new criteria is adopted.
GCR Lowers Insurance Sector Risk Scores for Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
GCR combines elements of the country risk and sectoral risk analysis, blended across countries for entities operating across multiple jurisdictions, to anchor an insurer to its current operating conditions.
