
10/9/2025 Research EN
Climate risk in covered bond ratings can have counterintuitive credit impacts
Housing, the main collateral for covered bonds, contributes more than a third of Europe’s GHG emissions. Yet while climate change can significantly amplify credit risk in covered bonds, mitigation can add more credit risk than actual climate impacts.

28/7/2025 Research EN
Structured Finance Activity Report: positive ratings drift continues
Scope’s 12-month trailing ratings drift for structured finance transactions continued its shift into positive territory in the second quarter of 2025, with a positive ratio of upgrades over downgrades not seen since early 2022.

28/7/2025 Research EN
Italian NPL collections: all strategies contribute to 28% decline in first half
Collections fell 28% in the first half of 2025 compared to H1 2024, confirming the downward trend that began in 2023. All collection strategies contributed to the decline: judicial proceeds fell 30%, DPOs by 27% and note sales by 20%.

16/7/2025 Research EN
Covered Bond Quarterly: higher mortgage rates highlight need for macroprudential measures in Europe
Higher mortgage rates have increased pressure on housing affordability. Longer fixed-rate mortgages periods limit the risk of shocks to the banking system and support the resilience of euro-area mortgage markets.

14/5/2025 Research EN
Italian NPL collections: March bounces back from poor February but 43% below three-year average
Italian NPL collections in March rose 45% month on month, consistent with previous years. But while monthly volumes bounced back from a poor February, they were still 43% below the three-year March average.