US Energy Default Rate to Fall, Risk Remains for Small Issuers | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
US Energy Default Rate to Fall, Risk Remains for Small Issuers A number of highly-levered liquidity strained small energy issuers on Fitch’s Top Bonds (TBOC) and Top Loans of Concern (TLOC) lists remain vulnerable to default, despite our expectation of a significantly lower energy default rate in 2021 relative to 2020, says Fitch Ratings. We project the US energy high-yield (HY) and institutional leveraged loan default rate will decline to 6% and 8%, respectively, this year compared with 14.0% and 19.6% at YE 2020, due to higher oil prices and refinancing of near-term maturities as capital ...
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