2017 was a strong year for U.S. CLOs with 20 middle market CLOs totaling US$11.9 billion rated by S&P Global Ratings. In this CreditMattersTV segment, Ramki Muthukrishnan and credit program analysts Colleen Sheridan and Aren Gallagher discuss credit parameters and performance metrics of middle market companies whose loans were used to collateralize 2017 middle market CLOs.

Potential bond upgrades increased to 353 as of June 25, 2018 from 349 as of May 25- a level last surpassed in 2007. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

There is minimal concern for potential bond downgrades in the U.S. banking sector as the Federal Reserve’s stress test in June demonstrated. 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. Analyst Fernanda Luna hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

Electronic commerce has grown remarkably as a segment of the global retail sector. While traditional offline retailers rated by S&P Global Ratings have entered the e-commerce market, they trail the big online competitors. Roko Izawa, Director of Corporate Ratings, explains how S&P Global Ratings analyzes the sector as well as what those traditional retailers will need to do to maintain their creditworthiness.

ネット通販大手のさらなる進化と侵食は、両国の実店舗型小売企業にとって、今後の経営への大きな脅威となる一方で、デジタル化の推進を通じた事業構造の変革を促す機会にもなると、S&Pグローバル・レーティングは見ています。今後の両国の実店舗型小売企業の成長のカギは何か、各社が信用力を維持していくために重要なことは何か。主席アナリストの井澤朗子が解説します。

S&P Global Ratings analysts David Peknay and Matthew O’Neill discuss the recent upgrade of HCA Healthcare Inc. This upgrade puts the company’s credit rating just one notch below investment grade. We discuss the key considerations for the rating action and also identify what it would take to achieve an investment grade rating.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings Director, Mark Habib takes a fresh look at the Italian telecoms market following the entrance of mobile challenger Iliad, and potential implications for our rated issuers in this space.

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 Rodrigo Cuevas hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

Take this opportunity to catch-up on credits that were once headline grabbers. This week, Scott Garrigan discusses what happened to Detroit water and sewer board and Ashley Ramchandani updates us on Sweetbriar college.