COVID-19 Pandemic Led to a Surge of Liquidity-driven Corporate Bond Issuance

All Loan Types Show a Drop in Default Rates

- The Good: Total S&P 500® Q2 2020 dividend payments ticked up 0.3% to $119.0 billion from Q2 2019's $118.7 billion as companies fulfilled pre-COVID declarations, but declined 6.2% from the record Q1 2020 payment of $127.0 billion.

New analytics will introduce an element of trade payment risk and other assessments for public and private companies

Availability of alternative delivery mechanisms enabled traditional benchmarks to evolve and maintain stability and relevance under COVID-19 changing market fundamentals