A regulação dos Covered Bonds no Brasil deve ser finalizada no final deste ano. Neste segmento de CreditMatters TV, o diretor sênior, Leandro Albuquerque, discute a aplicação das covered bonds em diferentes locais. Este é o primeiro de uma série de relatórios sobre o tema que serão publicados nos próximos meses.

Regulations concerning Brazilian covered bond issuance should be finalized by the end of this year. In this CMTV segment, Senior Directors Leandro Albuquerque and Tom Schopflocher discuss covered bonds and their use in different jurisdictions. This is the first of a series of Credit FAQs to be published over the coming months.

Until a dismal jobs report, many economic indicators had been pointing to the possibility of a rate hike by the Fed in June. Despite the possibility of higher rates on the horizon, corporate bonds in the U.S. have been posting positive returns in recent months. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor’s Senior Director Nick Kraemer summarizes the experiences of various corporate bond breakouts in May.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Larry Witte, Senior Director, Global Fixed Income Research, discusses public finance rating trends in Colorado, including why the ratio of upgrades to downgrades was more than six times that of U.S public finance overall.

The number of potential upgrades decreased to 256 as of May 31, 2016 from 258 issuers as of April 29, 2016. In this Credit Matters TV segment, Associate Director Gregg Moskowitz explains the key trends and data points.

The number of potential downgrades remains at 724 as of May 31, a level last surpassed in February 2010. In this Credit Matters TV segment, Associate Director Gregg Moskowitz explains the key trends and data points.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Larry Witte, Senior Director, Global Fixed Income Research, discusses public finance rating trends in New York, including the state’s lower frequency of rating changes in 2015 compared to other states.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Larry Witte, Senior Director, Global Fixed Income Research, discusses public finance rating trends in Texas, including a significantly higher upgrade and downgrade ratio than has recently been seen in U.S. public finance generally.

Recientemente S&P Global Ratings tomó una acción de calificación en escala nacional y global sobre Banamex, entidad fundamental para Citigroup. En este segmento de CreditMatters TV, Arturo Sánchez, Director, explica los factores crediticios que respaldan la calificación, entre los que destacan el crecimiento de cartera, participación de mercado y la exposición al riesgo.

Recently, we took a rating action on our global and national scale ratings on core entity to Citigroup, Banamex. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Director Arturo Sanchez explains the underlying credit factors for the ratings such as portfolio growth, market share and risk exposure.