Credit Trends: Global Potential Fallen Angels (Premium) Nov 08
Standard & Poors, November 2008
Abstract
Fallen angels are issuers downgraded to speculative grade ('BB+' and lower) from investment grade ('BBB-' and higher), whereas rising stars move in the opposite direction. Highlights from this month's fallen angels report are: Globally, seven more entities moved to speculative-grade territory since our most recent report, bringing the year-to-date tally to 40 issuers, affecting US$205.97 (€160.51) billion in rated debt, already a sizable 57% more than the total debt affected by fallen angels in 2007. Such an increase is in line with our expectations, where fallen angels were poised to overtake rising stars, particularly amid the current credit environment. This month, fallen angels indeed exceeded rising stars by two issuers and 22% of debt. As of Nov. 6, 2008, 57...
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