AI disruption hits credit: Leveraged loans diverge from high yield bonds

In early 2026, the U.S. leveraged loan market performed worse than the high-yield bond market, even though these two asset ...
AFN

How to make regenerative agriculture ‘financially legible’ for agrifood corporates

Soil degradation is a direct P&L and risk issue for the agrifood system and its financial backers, says Klim CEO Robert Gerlach.

From Strait Blockage To Straight Losses: Credit Stress Pathways For Asian Listed Companies

In this blog, we leverage S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Early Warning Signals framework, powered by the RiskGauge 3.0 model, to detect early signs of elevated default risk among listed ...
Devdiscourse

Stacked AI model improves credit default forecasting

A new study suggests that lenders may get their strongest overall read on credit default risk by combining several machine learning models rather than relying on a single algorithm. The researchers ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Effect of Credit and Liquidity Risks on Banking Financial Stability: Empirical Validation on Commercial Banks in Burundi (2016-2023) ()

1 Faculty of Economics and Management Science, University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi. 2 Bujumbura International University, Bujumbura, Burundi. Credit and liquidity risks are two main risks that ...
Seeking Alpha

Private credit default risk in software could top 15%, warns Marathon’s Bruce Richards: BBG interview

Marathon Asset Management founder and CEO Bruce Richards has raised alarm bells about the private credit sector’s heavy exposure to the software industry, warning that default rates in ...
CNBC

Michael Saylor downplays Strategy credit risk as bitcoin tumbles: 'We'll refinance the debt'

If bitcoin continues to fall, Strategy plans to just refinance its debt, claims CEO Michael Saylor. Saylor refuted the idea that Strategy would sell any of its digital asset holdings: "I expect we'll ...
Morningstar

Equifax Launches Credit Abuse Risk Model to Help Protect Lenders Against the Rising Financial Impact of First-Party Fraud

ATLANTA, Jan. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) today announced the launch of Credit Abuse Risk, a new predictive model that uses FCRA-regulated data and is designed to help protect ...
Financial IT

Clearwater Analytics Embeds AI Into Beacon Risk Platform To Accelerate Model Validation And Exposure Analysis

Clearwater Analytics , the most comprehensive technology platform for investment management, today announced breakthrough embedded agentic AI capabilities within Beacon by CWAN, its enterprise risk ...
Business Wire

Clearwater Analytics Embeds AI into Beacon Risk Platform to Accelerate Model Validation and Exposure Analysis

BOISE, Idaho & CHICAGO & NEW YORK & LONDON & HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN), the most comprehensive technology platform for investment management, today announced ...
JD Supra

Navigating Battery Validation Risk In The EV Supply Chain

This article was originally published in Law360 on January 26, 2026, and is republished here with permission. Vehicle electrification has moved battery system supply chains from a background component ...