S&P Ratings

Forty-six U.S. companies defaulted in 2013, and the number of distressed exchanges dropped to nine from 13 in 2012. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor's Associate Director Evan Gunter explains the results of our 2013 corporate default and rating transitions study.

The global fallen angels count stands at three so far this year. We define fallen angels as issuers that Standard & Poor's downgrades to speculative grade ('BB+' and lower) from investment grade ('BBB-' and higher). In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Director Gregg Moskowitz explains the key trends and data points.

In December 2013, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority released its latest draft of standardized capital charges for insurers' securitization exposures under the Solvency II regulatory framework. In this CreditMatters TV segment, S&P Rating's Mark Boyce discusses what's changed in the latest draft, and what it means for the European securitization market.

Standard & Poor’s outlook for U.S. mortgage insurers has improved due to gains in employment and housing. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Blake Mock discusses the factors affecting mortgage insurers.

In this segment of U.S. Consumer, Retail, and Health Care Weekly, Standard & Poor's Director Andy Sookram discusses the actions we recently took on Levi Strauss, Easton-Bell Sports, HCR HealthCare, Jo-Ann Stores, Dillard’s, and Bauer Performance.

The creditworthiness of U.S. ABS generally remained stable in 2013. Stability and default rates are highly correlated with ratings. Higher-rated securities tend to have greater stability and fewer defaults. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor’s credit analyst Erkan Erturk discusses consumer ABS credit stability and our outlook for the sector.

Standard & Poor’s believes that negative rating actions will exceed positive ones in the U.S. charter schools sector this year. Charters remain constrained by limited enterprise and financial flexibility. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Avani Parikh discusses why our outlook for charter schools is negative and covers some of the positive trends shaping the sector.

In this segment of Extra Credit, Standard & Poor’s Associate Director Bryan Moore discusses our rating action on North Las Vegas, Nevada, and Managing Director Robin Prunty explains what's behind Massachusetts’s new bond program.

Monetary policy, regulation, and government support continue to pose credit risks to banks across the globe. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor’s Managing Director Rodrigo Quintanilla explains how these factors impact bank ratings.

The EMEA regions shows improved credit conditions and better market sentiment. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor’s Chief Credit Officer for EMEA, Lapo Guadagnuolo, discusses the latest economic updates, improvements and risks for the banking and corporate sectors, and the overall rating trends.

In February, U.S. retail sales increased 0.3% as consumers responded positively to improving economic factors. Moreover, Standard & Poor’s believes retail sales will continue to increase throughout the year. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Director Diya Iyer explains what’s behind our rationale.

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear oral arguments in the case of American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo Inc. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor’s Senior Director Michael Altberg explains how the outcome of the case could affect cable and satellite companies.

Standard & Poor's expects $9 trillion in global corporate debt to mature in the next five years. Europe accounts for $4 trillion of the maturing debt and global financial companies account for $4.2 trillion. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Diane Vazza, Head of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses which regions and industries hold the most debt and the risks to global credit markets.

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Currency devaluation pressures will add to already high credit risks, but should stay manageable. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard and Poor’s bank analyst Annette Ess presents Standard & Poor’s outlook on the Kazakh Banking Sector for 2014.