Take Notes

Host Tom Schopflocher and Andy South discuss S&P Global Ratings' second European SF conference in London, including overall market sentiment, issuance outlooks and downside risks, central bank funding schemes, and global issues like trade tensions and Brexit.

Marketplace—or P2P—lending has been taking off since the recession. Host Tom Schopflocher talks to credit analyst Doug Paterson about how this market has grown via new technologies, regulations across different jurisdictions, and our rating considerations.

We're on the road again—this time to Australia! Host Tom Schopflocher and credit analyst Erin Kitson discuss economic conditions, the Australian mortgage market, and potential ratings implications for RMBS.

Take Notes is back and brighter than ever! We're talking solar assets, including power purchase agreements versus PACE and how financing works for different types of obligors, as well as how we rate these deals under our new methodology.

Host Tom Schopflocher and Andy South discuss AFME and IMN's 23rd global ABS conference, touching on the key themes of regulation, especially in Europe, macro credit risk, and what first-quarter issuance trends portend for the rest of 2019.

Hosts Tom and Jim lead a rundown of our takeaways from IMN's recent CLO and leveraged loan conference, particularly on hot topics such as corporate credit themes, LIBOR cessation, and investor concerns, which were discussed at a roundtable "boxing ring" moderated by Brian O'Keefe.

Host Jim Manzi leads a discussion on the rising trend of co-working spaces with credit analysts Ana Lai, Jeevan Dhoot, and Senay Dawit, including the benefits (flexibility, free beer!), lease structures, and risks they could pose to CMBS and REITs.

Host Jim Manzi leads a discussion on the rising trend of co-working spaces with credit analysts Ana Lai, Jeevan Dhoot, and Senay Dawit, including the benefits (flexibility, free beer!), lease structures, and risks they could pose to CMBS and REITs.

Everything you ever wanted to know about covered bonds: what are they? How do cover pools work? Where are they issued and what's going on in the market today? Host Tom Schopflocher discusses the asset class' global expansion with credit analyst Antonio Farina.

It seems everyone's in on the crypto craze, but does blockchain have a future in structured finance? Tom Schopflocher talks with director of blockchain development Tom Zakrzewski, credit analyst Tim Moran, and Vanessa Purwin from Methodologies about the potential benefits and risks of using blockchain in the securitization process through the lens of the "five pillars" used to rate SF deals.