Press Releases

CreditSights Wins Best Credit Investment Research/Data at European Markets Choice Awards

Press Release / Global / Tue 18 Jul, 2023

Fitch Solutions – London – July 18, 2023: CreditSights, Inc., a leading independent credit research firm and Fitch Solutions company, has been awarded “Best Credit Rating Investment Research/Data” at the 2023 European Markets Choice Awards.

The award recognizes CreditSights’ new unified platform, which brings together credit market research, news, and analysis from CreditSights, Covenant Review, and LevFin Insights into one single user experience.

“We are honored to be recognized for our new streamlined platform,” said Peter Petas, Head of CreditSights. “By combining our top-tier research, news, and analysis into one simplified

GeoQuant Collaborates with State Street to Provide Geopolitical Risk Insights

Press Release / Global / Tue 11 Jul, 2023

Fitch Solutions – New York – July 11th, 2023: GeoQuant, part of BMI, a Fitch Solutions company, announced today its collaboration with State Street Corporation, a leading financial services provider.

GeoQuant will provide State Street and its clients with geopolitical and country risk indicators. Additionally, with State Street’s input, GeoQuant will develop a new indicator designed to capture geopolitical risk most correlated to financial markets.

"State Street is an ideal partner for integrating political risk more systematically into investment research, and ultimately investment decisions. We are thrilled to be working with their

Sustainable Fitch Wins ESG Research of the Year for Fixed Income

Press Release / Global / Wed 28 Jun, 2023

Sustainable Fitch - New York - 28 June 2023: Sustainable Fitch has won the ESG research of the year for fixed income award from Environmental Finance for the second consecutive year.

Sustainable Fitch provides thematic analysis on ESG issues via its dedicated global research team. The ESG research of the year award honors Sustainable Fitch’s diverse content for the fixed income market.

"Our research team is focused on providing insights on topics that investors are closely following, from transition finance to biodiversity and sustainable cities, as well as insights derived from our own proprietary ESG Ratings,” said Marina Petroleka

BMI Report Predicts Six Megatrends That Will Shape Industries, Economies And Geopolitics To The Year 2050

Press Release / Global / Wed 21 Jun, 2023

Fitch Group – London – June 21, 2023: BMI, a Fitch Solutions Company, has just released the fourth edition of Towards 2050: Megatrends In Industry, Politics And The Global Economy, identifying the six core macro megatrends that will transform business, economic and trade models over the coming decades.

The Megatrends analysis leverages BMI analyst expertise and the results of an industry-wide survey to assess the disruption risks and new opportunities that will emerge from key global themes such as digital transformation, sustainability and ESG, climate change mitigation and adaptation, aging demographics and supply chain shifts.

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BMI Affirmed as One of The World’s Most Accurate Economic Forecasters

Press Release / Global / Tue 06 Jun, 2023

Fitch Group – London – June 6, 2023: BMI, a Fitch Solutions Company, has once again been named one of the world’s most accurate economic forecasters – winning more Top 3 honours than any other research provider in the annual FocusEconomics Analyst Forecast Awards.

Each year the Awards recognise the most accurate economic forecasters for key macroeconomic indicators across 100 countries.

Awards categories for forecasts made over 2022 included GDP, Inflation, Exchange Rate, Fiscal Balance, Current Account and best Overall market forecast. A total of 350 institutions and 1,500+ of the world’s best economists submit their forecasts to

Fitch Solutions Launches Fitch XGS Credit Ratings Data and Basel III Solution

Press Release / Global / Wed 24 May, 2023

Fitch Solutions – New York – 24 May 2023: Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of insights, data and analytics, has launched Fitch XGS Credit Ratings Data, which provides Fitch Ratings bank ratings excluding government support, designed for use in Basel III final reforms compliance.

With this launch, Fitch Solutions now offers the only complete Basel III Revised Standardized Approach for Credit Risk data solution to cover all classes of exposures, including rated and unrated bank exposures.

Starting from 2023 to 2025 (depending on the jurisdiction), Basel compliant banks will be required to apply the revised standardized approach (SA)

CreditSights Companies Unified on New Platform for Credit Markets

Press Release / Global / Mon 24 Apr, 2023

NEW YORK N.Y. (24 April, 2023) - Leading independent credit research firm, CreditSights, Inc., announced today the launch of a new platform with expanded capabilities, bringing together our three content sets. The digital platform combines comprehensive credit market research, news and analysis from CreditSights, Covenant Review and LevFin Insights into a seamless user experience that showcases the value of our joint offering for all our customers.

The platform’s capabilities include intuitive navigation, a growing data offering and customized user settings. This includes one-stop company pages that bring together CreditSights’ views and

Fitch Ventures leads Series A funding round for Bixby

Press Release / Global / Wed 19 Apr, 2023

New York – 19 April 2023: Fitch Ventures, the equity investment arm of Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services, is pleased to announce that it has led a $5.5mm Series A round for Bixby Research and Analytics (“Bixby”), a leading provider of credit information on private syndicated loan issuers.

Additionally, a strategic partnership has been established between Fitch Solutions, a division of Fitch Group, and Bixby. CreditSights, a Fitch Solutions company, has published through LevFin Insights several groundbreaking reports with Bixby on credit trends of syndicated loan borrowers.

Bixby will use the funding to expand

Fitch Solutions announces BMI as new name for Country Risk & Industry Research service

Press Release / Global / Wed 19 Apr, 2023

Fitch Solutions – New York – 19 April 2023: Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of insights, data and analytics, today announced that its Country Risk & Industry Research service will now be available under the brand name of BMI, a Fitch Solutions company. The firm also announced the appointment of Luciano Dolgetta as the President of BMI. Mr. Dolgetta takes on the role after serving as Chief Financial Officer for Fitch Solutions.

Fitch Group acquired BMI, an independent provider of country risk and industry analysis specializing in emerging and frontier markets, in 2014. The company’s research and data have been available under the Fitch

Sustainable Fitch Wins Two ESG Awards in APAC

Press Release / Global / Wed 22 Mar, 2023