A landmark corruption case involving Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB) confirms the presence of financial supervisory shortcomings in Vietnam but does not present new contagion risks to the banking system.

Fitch raised Indonesia’s bank OE score to 'bbb-' to reflect receding asset-quality risks amid a strong post-Covid recovery. Sustained growth, economic stability and low system leverage keep banks’ business prospects favourable in the medium term.

Richard Hunter, Chief Credit Officer, and Justin Patrie, Head of Fitch Wire, dive into the latest Risk Headquarters report, outlining the main risks to global credit this quarter including real estate, geopolitics, China macroeconomics, and more.

In our latest video on credit trends in Islamic Finance, our senior analyst, Saif Shawqi takes stock of the key drivers impacting the global sukuk markets and shares their outlook for the rest of 2024.

Fitch Ratings’ portfolio of Korean insurers can withstand reduced valuations on their overseas commercial real estate (CRE) and other real-estate exposures without major adverse ratings consequences in the short term.

中国近期发布的汽车贷款新规有望提振2024年的汽车销量，特别是低价位新能源车型，但新规也可能推高部分企业的信用风险。

U.S. bank M&A will be pressured by tougher merger oversight, especially for banks with more than $50 billion of total assets.

Join ABS analysts Todd Swanson, Director, and Nicholas Eklund, Associate Director, for a look into performance trends in the subprime auto ABS space, including some unique post-pandemic drivers and how they may impact performance going forward.

Wei Yu, Director of Fitch Ratings, discusses key credit trends of China’s coal mining industry.

Fitch believes upside potential for Korea’s assigned bank OE score is limited in the near term by several challenges, including fallout from the recent property market downturn and intensified social and regulatory pressures on banks.