In this Credit Matters segment, S&P Global Senior Director Larry Witte discusses findings from the 2016 default and rating transition report.

S&P Global Ratings has recently published a frequently asked questions commentary on its growth expectations for Argentinean Banks in 2017. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Sofía Ballester and Director Cynthia Cohen Freue review the article’s main topics including the impact of the recent measures taken by the government, mortgage lending and profitability.

S&P Global Ratings publicó recientemente un artículo de preguntas frecuentes sobre sus expectativas de crecimiento para los bancos argentinos en 2017. En este segmento de CreditMattersTV, Sofía Ballester, Associate, y Cynthia Cohen Freue, Director, analizan el impacto de las recientes medidas tomadas por el gobierno, préstamos hipotecarios y rentabilidad, entre otros.

The number of potential bond upgrades increased for the third consecutive month to 305 as of March 31, 2017, from 279 as of Feb. 22, 2017, and was last higher in October 2014 (314). In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key aspects of this rise.

Financial institutions continue to dominate potential downgrades accounting for 141 (22%) of the 652 issuers and for eight of 48 new potential downgrades (17%), many of which were German banks. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses this sectoral trend.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, senior director Larry Witte explains how S&P Global Ratings’ outlooks and CreditWatch listings have been useful indicators of future actions on sovereign ratings.

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. Associate Director Antonio Zellek hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings Associate Kaiti Wang discusses the main factors behind our recent rating action on STRIDE Academy, MN’s revenue bond ratings.

In the 4st quarter of 2016, the 30-year mortgage rate surged 75 basis points, and it has held above 4% ever since. In this CreditMatters segment, Stephen Lynch, Ratings Analytical Director, discusses higher interest-rates and their impact on mortgage originations and mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) and their expected trends in 2017.

The global corporate default tally increased to 22 last week, with three defaults spread across the capital goods, oil and gas, and retail and restaurants sectors. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.