Emerging market sovereign ratings are likely to come under increasing pressure in 2017. Looking at the 20 largest EM sovereign debtors, six of them are on a negative outlook, including heavyweights such as China, Brazil and South Africa. Indonesia is the sole sovereign with a positive outlook.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings, Director, Ravi Bhatia, discusses trends in Sub-Saharan Africa sovereign credit ratings, ratings outlooks and pressure on external and fiscal pressures, which has led to a downward ratings trajectory.

The global weakest links count decreased slightly to 243 as of Dec. 27 from 247 as of Nov. 22—matching its monthly annual average for 2016. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

S&P Global Fixed Income Research estimates that the U.S. trailing-12-month speculative-grade corporate default rate increased to 5.1% in December 2016--a high for 2016--from 4.8% in November. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

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 Alexandre Michel hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

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 Marcela Dueñas hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

S&P Global Ratings discuss aspects that the Brazilian Covered Bond law still leaves unclear.

Myriam Fernandez de Heredia, Responsabile Rating Sovrani e Settore Pubblico, parla dei fattori principali che Standard & Poor’s prende in considerazione quando attribuisce il rating ad un paese sovrano.

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 José Coballasi hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

In this CreditMatters TV, our Corporate Ratings Analyst, Apple Li addresses some key questions that frequently asked on China’s power sector, as China will likely continue to subsidize and favor clean-energy companies, even as regulators push forward with market-oriented reforms in the broader power sector.