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. Director Fabiola Ortiz hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Christian Frank, Director in the technology group in Corporate Ratings, discusses our recent report on Software As a Service (SaaS), an arrangement where a software consumer accesses software remotely rather than installing it on their premises, and pays for the program on a subscription basis. SaaS exposes rated software companies to new competition and transitions can weigh on traditional credit metrics in the short term, but we believe it is more supportive for credit quality in the long term.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Darrell Wheeler, Managing Director of Structured Finance Ratings, Ramki Muthukrishnan, Senior Director and Analytical manager of Legacy RMBS, and Tom Schopflocher, Senior Director of SF Global Research, discuss our recent paper on how recent negative rates around the world might affect structured finance products.

In this CMTV, our Corporate Ratings’ analyst Matthew Kong discusses how soaring land prices may impact property developers’ performance.

In this CMTV, corporate analyst Vincent Chow discussed the recent proposed reduction of benchmark solar and wind tariffs in China for new capacities reflects the government's intention to normalize investment returns on renewable energy.

U.K. retailers may have escaped in the short-term, but the medium term could be less rosy. In this Credit Matters TV, S&P Global Ratings sector lead, Hina Shoeb explains why now is a good time for companies to improve operating efficiency and product strategies before Brexit happens.

Despite avoiding much of the impact felt elsewhere from stress in energy and commodities sectors in 2015, emerging economies still saw a sizable increase in their default totals in 2015. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Senior Director Nick Kraemer summarizes the major points from the 2015 Emerging Markets corporate default study.

Global weakest links grew to 249 as of Sept. 20, 2016— the second highest total since Dec. 2009. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

The global corporate default tally rose to 132 so far in 2016 after two issuers, one media and entertainment issuer, and one confidential issuer defaulted this week. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

With uncertainties around the Fed’s upcoming actions providing volatility to corporate bond markets, their decision to hold interest rates unchanged in September helped continue this year’s rebound in speculative-grade returns. In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings' Senior Director Nick Kraemer summarizes the experiences of various corporate bond breakouts in September.