In January, S&P Global’s U.S. Public Finance Ratings team published their 2017 sector outlooks. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Managing Director Robin Prunty provides us with an overview of the key themes, credit risks, and opportunities in the municipal finance sector this year.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Senior Director Larry Witte previews rating activity in 2017 for non-US local and regional governments, which have more ratings with negative outlooks than positive. However, the ratio of negative to positive outlooks is lower than one year ago, suggesting a relatively lower number of rating changes in the coming year.

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 Manuel Orozco hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

Tesco ratings affirmed. In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings’ Senior Retail Analyst Abigail Klimovich discusses strategic benefits of the announced Booker acquisition, Tesco’s dividend policy, and improved trading supporting credit metrics affected by high pension deficit.

This video explains who we are, what we do, and the advantages of getting a credit rating.

Analysts Arthur Wong and Adam Dibe discuss pharma trying to improve their public image, pharma pricing and transparency, Merck’s disclosing their gross and net pricing, and Johnson & Johnson’s acquisition of Actelion.

For most rated U.S. banks, funding has generally improved in recent years thanks to strong growth in customer deposits relative to lending opportunities and generally more conservative financial policies. In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings Director Robert Hansen comments on the dispersion among U.S. banks’ funding assessments and the potential for rating actions.

Recently, we revised the outlook on the rating of 12 Chilean Financial Institutions following the revision of the sovereign’s and the Chilean banking industry’s outlook. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Rafael Janequine, Director Ivana Recalde and Analyst Mercedes Cangueiro explain the underlying credit factors for the action.

Recientemente, revisamos la tendencia de la calificación de 12 instituciones financieras chilenas tras la acción similar en la calificación soberana y de la industria bancaria chilena. En este segmento de CreditMatters TV, Rafael Janequine, Asociado, Ivana Recalde, Director y Mercedes Cangueiro, Analista, explican los factores crediticios subyacentes de la acción.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings Servicer Evaluation Lead Analyst Chiara Sardelli provides some insights on the annual EMEA Servicer Evaluation report.