S&P Ratings

Growth in sukuk issuance should resume in 2014, but remain within recent levels of $100 billion. In this CreditMatters TV Samirah Mensah, Associate Director in Financial Services summarises the main the trends for 2014 and talks about the involvement of multilateral organisations in the sukuk market .

A Standard & Poor’s identificou 10 cidades brasileiras com forte posição fiscal e desempenho orçamentário estável. Neste segmento da CMTV, a diretora da Standard & Poor’s para ratings locais e regionais, Daniela Brandazza, apresenta as perspectivas da Standard & Poor’s para esses governos e os desafios que enfrentarão em 2014.

In this segment of U.S. Consumer, Retail, and Health Care Weekly, Standard & Poor’s Director Rick Joy reviews the recent rating actions we took on Sotheby’s, Welch Foods, Altegrity, Wells Enterprises, Caribbean Restaurants, Diamond Foods, Vince Intermediate, Lansing Trade, and Vogue International.

Standard & Poor’s upgrades on U.S. speculative-grade rated companies outpaced downgrades in the fourth quarter, with many of the rating actions spurred by our updated criteria. Meanwhile, the negative bias for downgrades reached a new low. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Director Evan Gunter discusses our findings.

Two recent RMBS settlements may carry implications for investors and transactions. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor’s Associate Directors John Schuk and James Taylor explain the outcomes on the JPMorgan and Ocwen Financial cases and their impact on the market.

Das Wachstum der Hauspreise der vergangenen Jahre könnte im Szenario einer leichten Korrektur zu Problemen bei Schweizer Instituten führen. In dieser Ausgabe von CreditMatters TV erläutert Associate Director Dirk Heise seine Sicht auf den Schweizer Immobilienmarkt, erhöhte regulatorische Anforderungen, und S&P‘s Meinung zum Schutz Schweizer Steuerzahler vor einer zukünftigen Bankenrettung.

Internet radio broadcasters keep chipping away at terrestrial radio's city walls by offering consumers a variety of options and enhanced technology. Moreover, these broadcasters continue to gain more access into consumers’ cars. In this podcast, Standard & Poor’s credit analyst Jeanne Shoesmith discusses the outlook for terrestrial broadcasters.

Standard & Poor's expects another year of growth for Gulf banks in 2014, thanks to solid economic prospects, an improving corporate asset quality cycle, and healthy funding profiles. In this CreditMatters TV segment, credit analyst Timucin Engin explains what lies ahead.

Covering noteworthy research produced by S&P analysts in the region, "Latin America Monday Morning Round-Up" provides investors with a quick credit overview to start their week. Senior Director, Jose Coballasi hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.

On this week’s segment of Extra Credit, Standard & Poor’s Managing Directors Victor Herrera and Horacio Aldrete explain why Texas and Mexico continue to benefit the most from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Director Ted Chapman discusses the implications of the infrastructure funding gap.

Following the publication of Standard & Poor's new corporate criteria in November 2013, we have released the rating component scores for all public credits in EMEA. In this CreditMattersTV segment, Guy Deslondes, Managing Director in Corporate Ratings EMEA explains how this report fits into S&P's commitment to give greater transparency and insight into the ratings process.

Suite à la révision des critères de notation d’entreprises fin 2013, Standard & Poor’s publie les composants de notation pour toutes les notes publiques dans la zone EMEA. Guy Deslondes, directeur général de la notation des entreprises explique comment ce rapport s'inscrit dans l'engagement de S&P pour une plus grande transparence et quelle sera la fréquence de publication

The latest U.S. housing data calls for a continuing recovery across the sector this year despite disruptive weather patterns across the country. In this Economic Update, Standard & Poor’s U.S. Economist Satyam Panday explains how the weather has hampered the sector but why its recovery will persist.

Standard & Poor's recently published a report that addresses the top 10 investor questions about global leveraged finance. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Director Steve Wilkinson discusses some of the key themes covered in the article.

2013年12月，中国审计署发布了全国政府性债务审计报告。在本信用市场视频，标准普尔董事钟良讨论了该报告所披露的政府债务规模对于中国主权评级、投资和经济增长的影响，以及未来几年地方政府的违约风险。