In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings Director Ali Karakuyu looks at the implications of the capital markets volatility and regulatory changes on South Africa’s Life Insurers.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Larry Witte, Senior Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses rating trends in Wisconsin, where over 97% of ratings are 'A' or higher, the highest percentage amongst the 13 states surveyed so far.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Larry Witte, Senior Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses rating trends in Massachusetts, where 18% of ratings are 'AAA', which is higher than the 4% for U.S. public finance as a whole.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Larry Witte, Senior Director with Global Fixed Income Research, discusses recent findings for the third quarter of 2016, which marked 16 straight months in which there were more upgrades than downgrades. The downward trend for state ratings continued, however, with two downgrades compared to one upgrade.

Industry risk of Irish property casualty insurance market has increased in 2016. In this CreditMatters TV segment S&P Global Ratings Associate Tufan Basarir, CFA and Ratings Analyst Emma Millson discuss developments in 2016 and 2017 outlook for the Irish property/casualty sector.

Nora Wittstruck and Oscar Padilla discuss a recent report on how the Texas economy is weathering the prolonged downturn in oil prices and Sussan Corson provides an overview of the revised state criteria and our approach to pensions.

S&P Global Ratings clarifies its treatment of information sufficiency in the U.S. public finance ratings process. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Managing Director Robin Prunty explains why the receipt of quality and timely information is essential to maintaining our ratings of municipal credits.

As the economic landscape within the emerging market region evolves, we looked at some of the region's rating stress indicators and their recent performance. We monitor potential rating action trends by looking at the gap between the number of issuers poised for downgrades and the number of issuers poised for upgrades. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

The number of potential upgrades grew to 273 as of Sept. 30, 2016, from 257 as of Aug. 26, 2016. 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. Ratings Analyst Patrick Stockdale hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.