Comment / Supply chain radar: Mind the (credit rating) gap

Earlier this week, credit rating agency Moody’s, by far the most prominent and influential agency in the field, assigned “a first-time A3 long-term issuer rating” to DSV Panalpina (DSV PAN).

How cool was that? Surely another little step towards building their Viking Empire via transformational M&A. Yet inevitably it also raises some pertinent considerations for the supply chain and the pricing of risk for the major actors.

All good 

Firstly, arguing in favour of a “stable outlook” – which is often the case with ...