The number of potential bond upgrades marginally increased to 306 as of Aug. 28, 2017, from 305 as of July 31, with 23 additions and 22 removals. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

The global tally of companies poised for downgrades fell for the ninth consecutive month in August, to 596 as of Aug. 28, 2017, from 611 as of July 31. 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 Juan Camilo Alvarez hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

Global weakest links slightly increased to 205 in August 2017 from 203 in July, though the tally had been decreasing since reaching a peak of 254 in October 2016. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

S&P Global Fixed Income Research expects $229 billion of Latin American (including the Caribbean) financial and nonfinancial corporate debt to mature through 2022. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

We recently published an article that takes J. Crew as a case study to explore the basis and mechanics of this intellectual property (IP) transfer. In this CreditMatters TV segment, director Kenny Tang discusses the basis that J. Crew relied on to effectuate the transfer without the lenders' consent. In addition he will discuss the impact the IP transfer had on the existing term lenders.

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 Alexandre Michel hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

About $10.69 trillion in rated corporate debt is scheduled to mature globally through 2022, and companies have pushed peak debt maturities to later years. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Director Evan Gunter discusses how maturing debt will affect the corporate landscape over the next five years.

About $4.67 trillion in U.S. companies’ rated corporate debt should mature through 2022 and, while refinancing demands should be manageable, the financial markets still face rising uncertainties on multiple fronts. In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Global Fixed Income Research Director Evan Gunter discusses how maturing debt will affect the U.S. corporate landscape over the next five years.

Guest analyst, Kim Logan, drops in to share her reflections on generic giant Mylan NV’s second quarter performance and shares her thoughts on the company maintaining investment grade ratings.