S&P Global Ratings took a deep dive in 235 "S&P-rated" and 240 "non-S&P-rated" reinvesting 2014-2017 vintage U.S. BSL collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Director Daniel Hu discusses the results of the study that revealed that the 'AAA'-rated portfolios’ expected recovery rates were, on average, 2% higher than non-S&P-rated ones, among other findings.

In the past several years, middle market lending has become increasingly competitive. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Trevor Martin and Matt Albrecht discuss how BDCs are navigating this market, along with potential regulatory changes.

S&P Global Ratings' U.S. public finance team continues to highlight and identify key pension and other postemployment benefit (OPEB) trends and liability drivers that could inform credit risk. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Directors, Sussan Corson, Todd Kanaster and Todd Tauzer discuss these topics and related research published in 2017.

We estimate that the U.S. trailing-12-month speculative-grade corporate default rate remained at 3.1% for the second consecutive month in November 2017. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

The 2017 global corporate default tally rose to 87 last week after U.K.-based oil and gas exploration and production issuer Bibby Offshore Holdings Ltd. defaulted. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

While a few states have offered subsidies to sustain nuclear power, the industry faces challenges. Economics continue to languish and construction of utility plants has been challenged. In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings analysts Michael Ferguson, Gerrit Jepsen and Aneesh Prabhu discusses the road ahead for U.S. Nuclear.

Covering noteworthy research produced by S&P Global Ratings in the region, "Latin America Monday Morning RoundUp" provides investors with a quick credit overview to start their week. S&P Global Ratings Global Head of External Communications John Piecuch hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

Today’s passengers are more cautious about how much they spend at airports. In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Ratings senior analysts discuss why soaring passenger numbers aren’t the only answer.

S&P Global Ratings has published its research on how conditions for building materials companies have been changing since the 2007-2012 housing downturn. In this CMTV segment, S&P Global Ratings Director Thomas Nadramia discusses the impact of past housing downturns on these companies and how a future downturn would impact them.

The S&P Pharma Guy, Arthur Wong details four things S&P is watching for on Teva over the next three quarters that would help determine whether the ratings stay investment grade.