Recientemente, S&P Global Ratings afirmó su calificación soberana de Argentina y actualizó su Evaluación de Riesgos de la Industria Bancaria (BICRA) del país. En este segmento de CreditMatters TV, Ivana Recalde, Director, y Cynthia Cohen Freue, Sector Lead, explican el desempeño esperado de la industria bancaria en el país así como los factores a monitorear.

The global weakest links tally increased to 192 as of May 24, 2018, from 184 as of April 24. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

With no defaults in the past two weeks, the 2018 global corporate default tally remains at 44--below the tally of 52 defaults at this point in 2017. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

As condições econômicas apresentam muitos desafios ao setor de seguros no Brasil, sendo que o de ramos elementares foi o mais afetado no ano passado. Neste segmento de CreditMatters TV, os analistas Mariana Gomes e Pedro Breviglieri, discutem os efeitos da contração nas taxas de crescimento de prêmios, desempenho operacional e receitas de investimentos, entre outros resultados importantes.

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. Director Cathy de la Torre hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

Economic conditions have posed many challenges to the Insurance sector in Brazil, being the P&C sector the most impacted last year. In this CreditMatters TV segment, analysts, Mariana Gomes and Pedro Breviglieri discuss the effects of the industry’s contraction in premium growth rates, operating performance and investment income, among other important results.

In this week’s Extra Credit Lisa Schroeer covers some of the issues that could impact ratings down the line. Sarah Sullivant updates us on Priority Lien criteria, Randy Layman discusses Georgia’s local government de-annexation issues and Tim Little talks sports betting revenues and states.

Strong steel prices, cash flow, and debt reduction efforts continue to help upgrade prospects for steelmakers globally, though the Asian segment remains least placed to benefit. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

The number of potential bond downgrades decreased to 518 in May from 526 in April, the majority of which is due to changes in Outlook / CreditWatch placements to ‘Stable’. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

Upgrades outnumbered downgrades by more than four to one in 2017, and there were no defaults in the sector. Senior director Larry Witte discusses these trends in this edition of CreditMatters TV.