BMI Sovereign Ratings

Our long-standing view has been that key Latin American countries are on the path to achieving investment grade status, and in the relatively near future. This view is playing out.... 2007-06-22

After a long period of relative calm since June 2006, volatility in global assets returned with a vengeance in February, with equity markets dropping and bond spreads widening. This... 2007-03-23

The latest edition of our sovereign risk ratings capture two key developments that unfolded in 2006 and that will (we expect) unfold in 2007. The first theme we have observed is that... 2006-12-22

When we launched our inaugural sovereign ratings index back in March, the bull market in EM sovereigns chose that week to take something of a breather. Since then, the markets have... 2006-05-19

The Latin American index reflects our generally upbeat view on a region that has, on the whole, really improved in terms of increasingly sound macroeconomic policies and market-oriented... 2006-03-10