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 Jesus Sotomayor hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

In this CMTV, Financial Institutions Ratings’ analysts Stephen Lynch and Harry Hu discussed the rating factor assessments for Chinese and Hong Kong Banks and NBFIs.

A recent S&P Global Ratings' article discusses our view on asset quality and renegotiated loans’ trends for banks in Brazil, Russia, India, China, Mexico, Turkey, and South Africa. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Analytical Manager Sergio Garibian and Sector Lead Cynthia Cohen Freue cover the main findings of the article.

As COP22 convenes in Marrakech this week, despite the progress made in the year since the Paris Agreement, much more needs to be done to meet climate targets, especially in the area of green infrastructure investment, according to a report by S&P Global Ratings.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Director Arturo Sánchez highlights the main aspects of the banking industry country risk assessment (BICRA) of Panama including its economic and industry risk trends amid the recent money-laundering scandals of global resonance.

En este segmento de CreditMatters TV, Arturo Sánchez, Director, explica los principales aspectos de la evaluación de la industria bancaria de Panama, incluyendo su riesgo económico y riesgo de industria en medio de los recientes escándalos de lavado de dinero de resonancia mundial.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Jimmy Kobylinski, Senior Director and Analytical Manager of U.S. Structured Credit Group, discusses third quarter CLO performance and the outlook for the coming quarter. Closings held steady in the third quarter.

Issuers rated globally increased to 6,901 as of Sept. 30 from 6,868 as of June 30, with 3,391 speculative- and 3,510 investment-grade issuers, according to a quarterly examination of corporate ratings distributions to analyze their evolution and characteristics. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

The global corporate default tally climbed to 142 issuers so far in 2016 after two U.S. and one Europe-based issuer defaulted this week. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

In this CMTV, corporate ratings analyst Harry Hu shares the credit risk implications of recent regulatory changes for Chinese distressed asset managers.