GCR Ratings has published a Credit Spotlight report which provides an overview of how GCR incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into issuer credit ratings.
GCR has published an update to the Criteria for Secured Bond Expected Loss Credit Ratings. The criteria is available for download at GCRratings.com/criteria. The criteria titled ‘Criteria for Secured Bond Expected Loss Credit Ratings’ is exclusively applied when according an Expected Loss (‘EL’) rating to specific listed or unlisted debt obligations, specifically when distinguishable security or collateral has been pledged to the holders of the debt, which improves their recovery prospects after an event of default (relative to senior claims).
Request for comment: The proposed criteria titled ‘Criteria for Secured Bond Expected Loss Credit Ratings’ is exclusively applied when according an Expected Loss (‘EL’) rating to specific listed or unlisted debt obligations, specifically when distinguishable security or collateral has been pledged to the holders of the debt, which improves their recovery prospects after an event of default (relative to senior claims).
GCR Ratings has released a Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQ”) publication on State Owned Entities (“SOEs”). The publication applies to issuer credit ratings and issue credit ratings (on both national and international scales) which have a meaningful component of Government interest, either directly through shareholding or indirectly by licensing and regulation.
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. As a result, the operating environment analysis anchors the underlying risk score for the GCR rating methodology.
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.
The corporate sector risk score is a combination of a) cyclicality b) ease of doing business and c) sector specific dynamics scores and is intended to provide users with an overview of the major factors that impact GCR’s assessment of the relative risk of each sector.
Nigeria’s country risk score of 3.75 balances its strong economic base, supported by significant natural resources and large population, against low wealth levels, moderately weak institutional scores and currently restrained economic growth. Nigeria is one of Africa’s three largest economies, with a population of approximately 190mln people and contributing around 19% of continental GDP.
