Schiphol Royal Group is proposing to issue €500 million of green bonds allocated to the refurbishment of its real-estate portfolio, the construction of new energy-efficient buildings and clean transportation projects. Noemie de la Gorce, our green evaluator, describes what factors make the transaction green and how we assess its environmental attributes through the Green Evaluation.

The 2018 global corporate default tally increased to 65 this week following the default of Texas-based electrical infrastructure contractor FR Dixie Acquisition Corp. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

U.S. Public Finance criteria for Special Tax Bonds will soon be replaced by Priority-Lien Tax Revenue Debt. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Directors Sarah Sullivant and Steve Tencer discuss the upcoming change and what to expect.

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. Senior Director Jose Coballasi hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

The 2018 global corporate default tally climbed to 64 last week after three issuers based outside of the U.S. defaulted--one from the oil and gas sector and two from capital goods. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

The utilities sector continues to lead with the largest global count of rising stars following the addition of U.S.-based The Williams Cos. Inc. and Indonesia-based PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero). In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

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. Associate Director Vinicius Ferreira hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

This week we have our second Todd Talks, where Lisa Schroeer talks with USPF pension analysis leaders Sussan Corson, Todd Kanaster, and Todd Tauzer about plan funding methods, discount rates and how they drive pension cost trends amongst the largest cities.

Aggressive EBITDA add-backs are a growing area of concern for investors. We conducted a study to help provide more context on the magnitude and composition of EBITDA add-backs and whether companies typically achieve their add-back adjusted EBITDA forecasts. In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings Senior Director Steve Wilkinson and Director Olen Honeyman summarize the key findings.

The frequency of upgrades in California far exceeds that of U.S. public finance, with more than 13% of ratings in the state being upgraded from Jan. 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, compared to 4% for USPF. Meanwhile downgrades are much less frequent in California than nationally. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Senior Director Larry Witte discusses California’s rating activity.