Ygrene Energy Fund, has issued $340.5m for a PACE securitization. Corinne Bendersky, our green evaluator, describes what factors make the transaction green and how we assess its environmental attributes through the Green Evaluation.

A recent S&P Global Ratings' article analyses factors that have triggered an increasing rating differentiation between sovereign and their local and regional governments (LRGs), as well as among the latter within a particular country. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Senior Director Daniela Brandazza discusses five key lessons learned from experiences observed in Spain, Italy, Brazil and Mexico.

The number of potential bond downgrades decreased to 516 in March from 526 in February, with financial institutions leading all sectors with 69 potential downgrades. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

The number of potential bond upgrades remained at 339 as of March 26, 2018, with the metals, mining, and steel sector leading in positive bias. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

S&P Global Ratings assigned its first preliminary rating to a Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”) transaction. In this CreditMatters segment, Directors Deborah Newman and Srabani Chandra Lal discuss the rating on the GoodGreen 2018-1 class A notes backed by a portfolio of residential and commercial PACE assessments in 55 counties in California and Florida.

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. Rating Analyst Fernanda Luna hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

Half off? How changes in retail, from online sales to dark store tactics are impacting state and local sales and property tax revenues. Host Lisa Schroeer talks with Corporates sector leader Bob Schulz, and USPF analysts Scott Nees, Helen Samuelson, and David Hitchcock.

The low interest rate and low default environment in recent years has resulted in an increasingly borrower-friendly condition in the leveraged loan market. In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings senior director Steve Wilkinson and associate director Hanna Zhang discuss the loosening loan terms and what they mean for ultimate recovery in a default.

Financial sponsors own about half of the U.S. building materials companies rated by S&P Global Ratings, after three years of aggressive investment activity. In this CMTV segment, analysts Kimberly Garen and Thomas Nadramia explores why financial sponsors find the space attractive, examines their financing strategies, and looks at the prospects for further investments and shareholder returns.

Disruption In Orbit: How New Technology Is Altering The Satellite Industry's Landscape

Michael Altberg and S&P satellite analyst, Rose Askinazi, kick off our first media and telecom podcast by discussing our view on current themes in the satellite industry, including the oversupply of capacity, the pending C-band proposal, the future entrance of LEO satellites, and potential industry consolidation.