- Document: "Default, Transition, and Recovery: 2024 Annual Global Corporate Default And Rating Transition Study"
- Date: March 27, 2025
- Authors: Nicole Serino, Nick W Kraemer (S&P Global Ratings Credit Research & Insights)
- Tables used:
- Table 26 — Global average cumulative default rates by rating level (Y1–Y15), 1981–2024. Used for 1Y PD anchors and Phase 2 PD term structures.
- Table 25 — European cumulative default rates by rating category (Y1–Y10), 1981–2024. Used for Europe-specific calibration.
- Table 24 — Global average cumulative default rates by rating category (Y1–Y15). Cross-check.
- Table 20 — 2024 one-year transition matrix by region (Global, U.S., Europe, Emerging). Used in Phase 3 for SICR transition logic.
- Table 22 — Average one-year transition rates by region, 1981–2024. Long-run calibration for staging.
- Table 3/9 — Annual default rates by rating category/level, 1981–2024. Historical context.
- Access: PDF obtained via S&P Global / Maalot (Israel affiliate, publicly hosted). Full study available via ESSEC Capital IQ subscription.
- Key figures used:
- BBB 1Y PD: 0.13% (global), 0.05% (Europe)
- BB 1Y PD: 0.44% (global), 0.36% (Europe)
- B 1Y PD: 2.69% (global), 1.75% (Europe)
- CCC/C 1Y PD: 26.12% (global), 26.26% (Europe)
- Document: "Annual Default Study: Corporate Default and Recovery Rates"
- Status: To be sourced for cross-validation (free PDF, search Moody's website)
- Foundation IRB LGD: 45% senior unsecured, 75% subordinated (CRR Art. 161)
- Source: Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (Capital Requirements Regulation)
- EBA IRB Benchmarking Reports — annual publication showing LGD distributions across European banks
- Banque de France Working Papers — empirical French corporate recovery studies (search publications.banque-france.fr for "LGD")
- Global Credit Data — consortium summary statistics on bank recoveries
- Document: "Macro-financial scenario for the 2025 EU-wide banking sector stress test"
- Date: January 2025
- Prepared by: ESRB Task Force on Stress Testing / ECB
- URL: https://www.eba.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2025-01/cd571cfe-b02c-4a08-9bcb-067c12238ef1/2025%20EU-wide%20stress%20test%20-%20Macro%20financial%20scenario.pdf
- Key adverse scenario figures (EU-wide, 2025–2027):
- Cumulative real GDP deviation from baseline: −10.4% by end-2027
- Cumulative real GDP contraction: −6.3%
- Unemployment: +6.1 pp above baseline by end-2027
- HICP inflation: 5.0% (2025), 3.5% (2026), 1.9% (2027)
- EU equity prices: −50% in 2025, still −42% at end-2027
- iTraxx overall 5Y: +169 bps (2025), still +88 bps (2027)
- iTraxx sub-financials 5Y: +414 bps (2025)
- 1Y EUR swap rate: 3.3% (2025), declining to 3.0% (2027)
- Date: August 2025
- Key result: CET1 ratio under adverse depleted by 370 bps to 12%; EU banks lost €547bn but remained resilient
- URL: https://www.eba.europa.eu/publications-and-media/publications/2025-eu-wide-stress-test-results
- Status: To be sourced for baseline scenario (quarterly publication, ecb.europa.eu)
- Status: To be sourced for France-specific paths
- IFRS 9: International Financial Reporting Standard 9 — Financial Instruments (IASB, July 2014; effective Jan 2018). Free with registration at ifrs.org.
- EBA GL/2017/06: Guidelines on credit institutions' credit risk management practices and accounting for expected credit losses. Canonical IFRS 9 implementation guidance for European banks.
- ACPR Notice: ACPR notice on IFRS 9 implementation (Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution). Search acpr.banque-france.fr.
- EBA Stress Test Methodology: "2025 EU-wide stress test — Methodological Note", July 2024. Contains IFRS 9 staging rules under stress (paragraphs 73–75).
- Description: Semi-annual publication of bank-by-bank exposures by country, sector, and stage (S1/S2/S3) for 130+ European banks.
- Use: Benchmarking our model's portfolio ECL against reported figures from BNP, SG, Natixis, CA-CIB.
- URL: https://www.eba.europa.eu/risk-and-data-analysis/risk-analysis/transparency-exercise
Last updated: May 2026