In this episode of The Upgrade podcast we discuss what’s new with rising stars and fallen angels based on recent research, along with a detailed discussion of a recent rising star – Advanced Micro Devices. Our aim is to provide market participants with further advanced analytical insight into Corporate Credits, CLOs and Leveraged Finance deals, with S&P Global Ratings regular podcast, based on key features we’re seeing in corporate credits and sectors that CLOs are exposed to. For more Leveraged Finance and CLOs Insights visit Leveraged Finance & CLOs Essentials

In this episode of The Upgrade podcast we discuss what’s new with rising stars and fallen angels based on recent research, along with a detailed discussion of a recent rising star – Advanced Micro Devices.

Mark Haefele, Chief Investment Officer at UBS and Alexandra Dimitrijevic, Global Head of Research at S&P Global Ratings joined Joe Cass on this edition of Fixed Income in 15. Discussion focused on the evolution of ESG over the past 18 months, long term credit outlook and views on the digitalization of finance including blockchain and cryptocurrency. There was also time to talk about Mark’s prior career as a lecturer at Harvard and Alexandra’s experience co-leading the S&P Global Diversity Research Lab. Sign-up here to be notified as soon as future episode are published View the series so far here

Mark Haefele, Chief Investment Officer at UBS and Alexandra Dimitrijevic, Global Head of Research at S&P Global Ratings joined Joe Cass on this edition of Fixed Income in 15. Discussion focused on the evolution of ESG over the past 18 months, long term credit outlook and views on the digitalization of finance including blockchain and cryptocurrency. There was also time to talk about Mark’s prior career as a lecturer at Harvard and Alexandra’s experience co-leading the S&P Global Diversity Research Lab. Sign-up here to be notified as soon as future episode are published View the series so far here

In this month’s episode of Capital Markets View, Taron and Chris chat about how new leveraged loan volumes for 2021 – even with the slight slowdown in the past month – are still better than in prior years, which industries are showing stress in 2021 compared to 2020, and the slight slowdown in the CLO market, coupled with a small rise in spreads in both the CLO and loan market.

In this month’s episode of Capital Markets View, Taron and Chris chat about how new leveraged loan volumes for 2021 – even with the slight slowdown in the past month – are still better than in prior years, which industries are showing stress in 2021 compared to 2020, and the slight slowdown in the CLO market, coupled with a small rise in spreads in both the CLO and loan market.

In the second of our two-part series on the physical impacts of climate change, Mike Wilkins asks Paul Munday to delve deeper into the role of climate data and models in evaluating future climate-related risks and opportunities. There’s a lot of data out there and the potential for unintended misuse or interpretation of outcomes, so what are some of the potential solutions given the uncertainties? Related Research: Model Behavior: How Enhanced Climate Risk Analytics Can Better Serve Financial Market Participants

Series 3, Episode 8: In today’s episode, Hina and Sandeep are joined by Gaetan Michel to discuss Winterfell Financing, the Northern European building materials distributor. Here we discuss the key findings of the company’s recent performance and focus in on the ESG components against its €1.345 Bn TLB issue, which is popularly held in Euro CLOs and makes part of LCD’s ESG Leveraged Finance Tracker. Our aim is to provide market participants with further advanced analytical insight into Corporate Credits, CLOs and Leveraged Finance deals, with S&P Global Ratings regular podcast, based on key features we’re seeing in corporate credits and sectors that CLOs are exposed to. For more Leveraged Finance and CLOs Insights visit Leveraged Finance & CLOs Essentials

Paul Munday and Corinne Bendersky kick off the first in our two-part series on the physical impacts of climate change by providing the 101 on climate resilience. Extreme climate events are increasingly grabbing headlines. But what exactly are the physical impacts of climate change and how are they defined, which sectors and regions face the greatest risks, and how are companies and countries are adapting and building resilience?

In the second of our two-part series on the physical impacts of climate change, Mike Wilkins asks Paul Munday to delve deeper into the role of climate data and models in evaluating future climate-related risks and opportunities. There’s a lot of data out there and the potential for unintended misuse or interpretation of outcomes, so what are some of the potential solutions given the uncertainties? Related Research: Model Behavior: How Enhanced Climate Risk Analytics Can Better Serve Financial Market Participants