In this CreditMatters TV segment, Trevor D'Olier-Lees, Luisina Berberian and Michael Ferguson discuss what is propelling offshore wind further with a global update of market activities.

Recently, we took a rating action on our long-term national scale rating on 17 Mexican RMBS transactions backed by FOVISSSTE’s mortgage loans. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Director Antonio Zellek and Rating Analyst Filix Gómez explain the underlying credit factors for the ratings such as credit enhancement levels and securitized portfolios’ performance.

Recientemente, tomamos una acción de calificación en escala nacional sobre 17 transacciones RMBS respaldadas por créditos hipotecarios del FOVISSSTE. En este segmento de CreditMatters TV, Antonio Zellek, Associate Director, y Filix Gómez, Rating Analyst, explican los factores crediticios subyacentes de la calificación tales como niveles de protección crediticia y desempeño de los portafolios bursatilizados.

The U.S. distress ratio has continued its downward trend and now stands at 6.8% as of May 15, 2017, the lowest level since September 2014 (5%). In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

The number of rising stars has increased to six so far in 2017 (through May 8) after two U.S.-based issuers, VEREIT Inc. and Joy Global Inc., were upgraded to investment grade. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

Our BB+ ratings on ArcelorMittal don’t rely on continued strong steel margins, as debt has been reduced. In this CMTV segment, S&P Global Ratings Senior Director Simon Redmond discusses the prevailing steel market conditions and outlook with S&P Global Platts Senior Editor Peter Brennan. Topic include recent M&A, price changes and potentially different short and long term drivers and performance.

Covering noteworthy research produced by S&P Global Ratings analysts in the region, "Latin America Monday Morning RoundUp" provides investors with a quick credit overview to start their week. Senior Director Jose Coballasi hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

Global fallen angels’ annual tally rose to nine in May 8, 2017, pushed up by financial institutions. In this CMTV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the tally’s results and the addition of Home Capital Group Inc. (HCG), which was downgraded to ‘B+’ from ‘BBB-‘ given operational and liquidity concerns.

The 2017 global corporate default tally reached 40 after one U.S. media and entertainment issuer, Affinion Group Holdings Inc., completed a debt exchange last week. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

Using Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSRs) as collateral is slowly gaining popularity with secured debt investors and becoming an offsetting factor to the decline in originations. In this CMTV segment, analysts Stephen Lynch and Dio Mejia discuss what makes MSRs unique assets, their impact on ratings through interest rate cycles and how to read financial statement footnotes and disclosures on them.