In this CreditMatters TV Segment, Larry Witte, Senior Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses global non-U.S. public finance rating trends.

In 2015, the Asia-Pacific region saw roughly the same number of defaults as in recent years, despite an increase globally. However, the region experienced a noticeable decline in credit quality due to the combination of increased downgrades, and declining upgrades. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Nick Kraemer, Senior Director of Global Fixed Income Research, summarizes the underlying characteristics driving these trends, with an outlook for the remainder of 2016.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings analysts Frank Gill and Aarti Sakhuja discuss who is most exposed to the U.K. leaving the EU.

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 Filix Gomez hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Lisa Schineller, Managing Director of Sovereign Ratings, discusses the recent affirmation of the AA+ long-term rating and A-1+ short term rating on the United States.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Cathy de la Torre, Associate Director, and Facundo Chiarello, Associate Director, discuss the growth and evolution of Argentine regional credit cards.

In this CreditMatters TV Segment, Larry Witte, Senior Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses public finance rating trends in New Jersey, including its positive upgrade to downgrade ratio in 2015.

In this CreditMatters TV Segment, Larry Witte, Senior Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses rating trends for non-U.S. local and regional governments in 2015, which was the first year since 2010 that downgrades did not surpass upgrades.

Just over two years ago, at the beginning of 2014, the Federative Republic of Brazil held a sovereign investment-grade rating of 'BBB' (long-term foreign currency rating), representing a peak in the sovereign's ratings history. However, in a matter of months, the economic landscape of Brazil changed drastically. In this Credit Matters TV segment, Associate Director Gregg Moskowitz will examine the composition of Brazil-based issuers and how they have evolved in Brazil's economic climate.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Ildiko Szilank, Senior Director of S&P Global Ratings, discusses recent trends in credit card performance, including strong credit card receivables performance, as well as the likely weakening asset quality and underwriting standards.