Tougher minimum equity requirements for Indonesian insurers are likely to reduce the number of companies operating in the sector and encourage a healthier competitive landscape.

Fitch Global Cross Sector- Structured Finance analysts Dan Chambers, Managing Director, Rob Buckley, Director, and Everett Bruer, Associate Director, discuss Fiber ABS as it emerges as the dominant technology within digital infrastructure.

Fitch expects the growth of Malaysian Islamic banks to continue to outpace that of conventional banks in the medium term, after financing reached USD190 billion in 2023, cementing the country’s Islamic banking market as the third largest globally.

The Australia Credit Trends series returns. In these videos, our senior analysts take stock of the key sectors of Australia’s credit market and share their outlook for 2024. Here’s Vicky Melbourne’s take on Corporates.

The U.S. banking system is highly fragmented, with around 4,600 FDIC-insured institutions, most of which are community banks. These play a vital role in providing banking services to less densely populated areas, which would otherwise be underserved.

Global credit metrics should generally be stable to improving this year despite lower GDP growth, but revenue growth, margin changes, and the pace of deleveraging will differ across regions.

Jeremy Zook and Ying Wang, co-hosts of China Perspectives podcast, hold a fireside chat about China’s 2024 credit outlook.

ハイブリッド車の成長が中期的に日本の自動車メーカーの利益を守り、バッテリー式電気自動車（BEV）への移行を資金的に支える、とフィッチ・レーティングスは述べている。

Richard Hunter, Chief Credit Officer, and Justin Patrie, Senior Director, discuss the key themes of Fitch’s recent 2024 Global Outlook report, including sustained elevated interest rates, asset quality deterioration, a US growth slowdown, and more.

The Israel-Hamas war has increased geopolitical risks and set back the previous trend of regional de-escalation, which is reflected in the deteriorating sovereign sector outlook in the Middle East. Other sectors in the region have neutral outlooks.