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Bahrain: the “most improved” sovereign

CMA Datavision on Thursday released its Q2 2011 report on the world’s best and worst sovereign debt performers.

There are few surprises in its top 10 most risky sovereigns, with Pakistan making a new entry due to further instability, More…

Spreads that speak for themselves

Here’s a simple exercise, mapping financial sector credit risk against sovereign risk in Europe using data from CMA Vision:

Implied sovereign ratings: UK ranks below China

Data from CMA’s latest global sovereign credit risk report  (H/T Alea).

The world’s safest sovereigns (implied by current CDS spreads run through CMA’s own proprietary rating model):

And the world’s riskiest: More…