ValueAdd Global Credit Monitor (June 2020)
Corporate bond market activity remained buoyant in the month of June raising ~USD 1.3Tn (+4% MoM) despite the Corona scare with China-based firms dominating the issuances market followed by the US. Amongst the sectors, Financials continued to enhance their capital and liquidity position through bond placements and remained the top issuers while Consumer Discretionary which was impacted by tightening liquidity due to Corona fallout and refinancing needs for its highly leveraged balance sheet stood a distant second. Incidentally, Consumer Discretionary sector also saw the worst impact of Covid-19 accounting for nearly half of total bankruptcy incidences during the month. The rating agencies’ activities that we track clearly indicated that stress pockets continue across most sectors with Industrials and Consumers worst impacted with ratings downgrades while Utilities stood relatively resilient while the bond indices in both Europe and the US bounced back from its March lows in line with equity benchmarks.
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