Analyst Arthur Wong shares S&P’s thoughts on potential U.S. corporate tax reform, and discuss that while it could be a long term positive for the pharmaceutical industry, there are some concerns in the period immediately following implementation, mainly around what companies would do with all that cash.

More than 20% of the Building Materials sector experienced upgrades in 2016 – is a strong recovery expected for 2017? S&P Global analysts discuss the key themes for 2016 and the credit outlook and trends for 2017 in the U.S Building Materials sector.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings Head of Leveraged Finance Analytics and Recovery Ratings, David Gillmor explains the key changes between the final recovery criteria and the Request for Comment released in July 2016. He also comments on the number of impacted speculative grade issuers and the upcoming implementation steps.

A recent S&P Global Ratings' article discusses the growth perspective of the Argentinean financial system. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Analyst Mercedes Cangueiro and Director Ivana Recalde highlight the system’s profitability evolution, capitalization and funding as well as local banks’ ratings outlook.

S&P Global Ratings publicó un artículo sobre la perspectiva de crecimiento de la industria bancaria argentina. En este segmento de CreditMatters TV, Mercedes Cangueiro, Analista, e Ivana Recalde, Director, discuten factores como capitalización, fondeo, rentabilidad del sistema y calificaciones de los bancos argentinos.

The number of potential downgrades remained at 679 as of Nov. 30, 2016, compared to last month. Over one third of the potential downgrades (35%) were rated ‘B+’ and lower. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

The global weakest links count continues to remain elevated through 2016, slightly decreasing to 247 as of Nov. 22 from 254 as of Oct. 24. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

En este CreditMatters TV, S&P Global Ratings Director Marco Sindaco analiza cómo el aumento de negocio está apoyando la rentabilidad de las aseguradoras españolas en el actual entorno de bajo tipos de interés.

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 Alexandre Michel hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings Director Marco Sindaco discusses how growing volumes in the Spanish Insurance sector are supporting the sector´s overall return on equity in the current low interest rate environment.