Recent S&P Global Ratings' commentaries answer frequently asked questions on high profile political and economic topics in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic and Peru. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Analytical Manager Sebastián Briozzo, and sovereign ratings’ analysts Livia Honsel and Manuel Orozco review the articles’ main issues and impact on sovereign ratings.

S&P Global Ratings publicó recientemente comentarios a preguntas frecuentes sobre relevantes sucesos político-económicos en Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, República Dominicana y Perú. En este segmento de CreditMatters TV, Sebastián Briozzo, Gerente Analítico, Livia Honsel y Manuel Orozco, analistas de calificaciones soberanas, analizan cada país y el impacto en sus calificaciones.

Last year, one of the sovereigns we rate defaulted, marking the fourth year in a row with at least one sovereign default. In this CreditMatters TV Segment, Senior Director Larry Witte discusses these trends and the factors behind them, including the state of global oil markets.

The global fallen angels count reached 20 as of May 9, 2016 compared to 18 as of April 8, 2016. The two new additions are from the U.S and China. The U.S. now accounts for nine of the 20 fallen angels. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Director Gregg Moskowitz explains the key trends and data points.

The number of rising stars increased from 10 to 12 since our last report. Conversely, there are 20 fallen angels as of May 9. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Director Gregg Moskowitz explains the key trends and data points.

Financing the ZZR In German Life Insurance is a burden, but reduces the average guarantees significantly. 'In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings Associate, Sebastian Dany, discusses the ZZR: Background, a potential development, impacts on life insurance companies and S&P Global Ratings insurance ratings.

In this video, we explain how a credit rating can support cross-border funding, which may help companies around the world reach new markets and investors by providing an independent, globally recognized benchmark.

Consider the credit impact of strategic options with our Rating Evaluation Service.

Our analysis of rents and revenue per availabile room (RevPAR) changes over the past 18 years show a nearly one-to-one correlation between the unemployment rate and lodging revenues. In this CreditMatters TV segment, James Manzi, Senior Director of Structured Finance Research, and Natalka Chevance, Co-Director of CMBS Ratings, discuss these findings.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings Director Per Karlsson explains the driver for the upgrade of KOC Holdings to 'BBB/Stable'.