Issuer Rating Reports
Relative Credit Analysis/Peer Comparison Reports
Sector Outlook Reports
Short Form & Medium Form Commentary
General Research-Related Topics
100

Three weeks after the RAC is published and no more than 12 months old

What are the aging and timeliness deadlines outlined by the Content Production Plan?

100

Once in a LTM period

What is the CPP mandated cadence for Relative Credit Analysis/Peer Comparison reports?

100

Published annually with a mid-year update as warranted

What is the CPP mandated timing for sector outlook reports?

100

A short-form comment that is a maximum of 300 words

What is a NRAC that accompanies a special report?

100

Promo Corporates US, Promo Corporates LATAM, Promo Corporates Global, etc.

What are the email addresses to notify IDT when high profile or other topical special reports are published?

200

Operational staff that expedites rating report draft using committee package content and exhibit files 

What is the Middle Office Support Team (MOST)?

200

Issuers with a published Navigator

What are the issuers to be included in a Relative Credit Analysis/Peer Comparison report?

200

2024 through 2026

What are the forecast years included in annual outlook reports?

200

"Free-to-air" thematic or topical credit comment 

What is a Fitch Wire?

200

Types of CPP content for which individual issuers are tagged during PW submission

What is for RCA and Outlook special reports?

300

Intro paragraph, key rating drivers, derivation summary, rating sensitivities, ESG considerations and key assumptions 

What are RAC sections used in rating reports?
300

Key Takeaways box on front page of RCA report

What is the front page area to include bullets highlighting issuers that are outliers in terms of Navigator factors or expected performance and credit trends?

300

Published to highlight deteriorating or improving outlooks or if outlooks changed mid-year

What is a Fitch Wire?

300

Issuer-specific comment with a maximum of 600 words

What is a NRAC?

300

Special report with a dedicated template for discussing recent or frequently investor inquiries 

What are What Investor Want to Know Reports?

400

Mandatory CPP content listed as Related Research on all rating reports.

What is the Global Corporates Macro and Sector Forecasts data file?

400

Issuers that must be excluded from RCA report tables unless credit statistics are omitted

What are private, publicly-rated issuers with private financials and credit opinions?

400

Four pages including appendices or 1-2 pages per country or sub-sector plus appendices

What is the maximum length of regional, multi-sector compendium and global outlook reports?

400

2-4 page subscriber-based special report with charts discussing Fitch's opinion on a major credit theme 

What is a Fitch Wire+ special report?

400

Quarterly data file containing key Fitch assumptions and sector-level aggregate forecasts

What is the Global Corporates Macro and Sector Forecasts (GxO) data file?

500

Content published along with rating report for publicly-rated issuers w/public financials and IDRs of B+ or below 

What is the Recovery Tool?

500

A catch all sector RCA report or inclusion in RCA reports tables and sections that do not discuss the Navigator.

What are approaches to include issuers on the generic Navigator in a RCA report?

500

Mandatory table in corporate team's outlook reports that is updated quarterly in the GxO

What is the KPI assumption table?

500

Expresses the most credit-relevant opinion and does not state the obvious

What are NRAC and FW headlines?

500

Internal use case for Relative Credit Analysis reports and Global Corporates Macro and Sector Forecasts data 

What is as attachments for Base Committee Packages?