S&P Ratings

In this week’s segment of Extra Credit, Standard & Poor’s Director Bianca Gaytan-Burrell discusses the effects of major college sports on higher education credits, and Director Paul Dyson summarizes the rating changes following Standard & Poor’s release of revised criteria for mass transit systems around the world.

Noble Group Ltd has announced it will sell part of its agriculture unit to China’s COFCO, subject to regulator and shareholder approval. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor's Associate Director Cindy Huang discusses the credit implications for Noble group of the planned joint venture.

Russian banks will face tougher operating conditions in 2014. In this CreditMatters TV, Standard & Poor’s credit analyst Sergey Voronenko express the opinion on potential risks that Russian banks may face and what ratings implication it could have.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor's Director Simon Ashworth and Ratings Analyst Tufan Basarir discuss the Insurance Industry and Country Risk assessment of the Irish property/casualty insurance sector.

In December 2013, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision launched a second consultation on proposed revisions to its securitization framework. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Director Mark Boyce discusses what the proposals mean for the European securitization market.

La notation du groupe marocain OCP est un évènement majeur pour Standard & Poor’s. Dans ce CreditMatters TV, Lucas Sevenin, analyste du secteur entreprises, explique les forces et faiblesses de la note, les éléments pouvant la faire évoluer et le statut d’Entité liée au Gouvernement.

The rating on Moroccan corporate OCP is a very important milestone for Standard & Poor’s. In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P corporate analyst Lucas Sevenin discusses this rating strengths and weaknesses, why OCP is considered a Government-Related Entity and what could change the rating.

The speculative-grade default rate decreased in emerging markets last year. In addition, ratings stability remained relatively unchanged. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor’s Associate Director Sarab Sekhon discusses the key outcomes of our default and rating transitions study on emerging markets.

Standard & Poor’s remains bullish about structured finance issuance in Latin America for 2014 after its success over the past few years. Moreover, strong issuance will likely continue in the region for a variety of asset classes. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Senior Director Eric Gretch explains what lies ahead.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor's Associate Director Neil Gosrani explains the high assessment of Ghana’s life and P/C insurance industries, discusses growth prospects and how this compares to other African markets

In this week’s segment of Extra Credit, Standard & Poor's Associate Luke Gildner discusses what's behind our rating on the University of Texas system and Director Larry Witte explains delinquencies' impact on housing finance agency ratings.

Standard & Poor’s recently added more issuers to its Canadian credit card quality index, which more than doubled the receivables balance to $34 billion from $15 billion. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Director Matt Mitchell explains the impact of the expansion, and compares the performance of credit cards in Canada and the U.S.

As of March 10, emerging markets account for 20 out of 49 global potential fallen angels. We define potential fallen angels as issuers rated 'BBB-' with either negative outlooks or ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications. Conversely, three out of 16 potential rising stars call emerging markets home. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor's Associate Director Gregg Moskowitz explains the key trends and data points.

Despite the headline-grabbing attention that Chicago and Detroit often receive, the two cities hold very different credit positions. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor’s Senior Director Jane Ridley explains how Detroit and Chicago match up as measured by our local government general obligation criteria.

The number of rising stars has increased by four entities to seven since the last reporting period. We define rising stars as issuers that Standard & Poor's has upgraded to investment-grade (rated 'BBB-' and higher) from speculative-grade (rated 'BB+' and lower). In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Director Gregg Moskowitz explains the key trends and data points.