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Summary: Standard & Poor's Credit Market Podcast. Tune in for S&P analysts' opinions on trends and events that affect the global markets and your investment decisions. Download Standard & Poor's Credit Market Podcast to any portable audio device or your desktop. Make the most of your time and stay on top of important business developments around the world. Listen in! Our CreditMatters videos and podcasts provide an easy and informative way to keep up with Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services’ global perspective on important credit market developments anytime, anywhere.
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This study compares the actual recovery rates against the recovery ratings assigned at default for those companies that have gone through a restructuring process during 2007 - 2013. Recovery analyst Kathryn Archibald explains what the findings of this study have been and what we expect to see in recoveries going forward.
Since the financial crisis, many banks have gone to great lengths to disclose more information about their financial risks. But Standard & Poor’s thinks many disclosures still lack completeness, transparency, and consistency. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Senior Directors Jonathan Nus and Stuart Plesser discuss the impact on market participants.
On this week's segment of Extra Credit, Standard & Poor's Lead Analytical Manager Geoff Buswick discusses disclosure needs on alternative financings and Director Adam Torres explains what lies ahead for infrastructure funding.
In this CreditMatters TV segment Standard & Poor's Director Peter McClean and Associate Director Ali Karakuyu discuss how the clubs’ generally strong levels of capital are in danger of being eroded by an underpricing of increasing exposure to underwriting risk and, in some cases, over-reliance on investment income.
В 2014 г. российским банкам придется работать в неблагоприятной операционной среде: темпы роста экономики замедляются, что может привести к ослаблению способности заемщиков погашать свои долговые обязательства и к снижению темпов роста кредитных портфелей. Ведущий аналитик Standard&Poor’s объясняет возможные риски, с которыми могут столкнуться российские банки и их потенциальное влияние, на рейтинги.
Standard & Poor’s expects continued stability for the U.S. municipal housing sector in 2014. Moreover, improving economic and fiscal environments will benefit the industry. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Directors Larry Witte and Mikiyon Alexander explain the likely outcome and how revised criteria will affect ratings.
The number of global weakest links declined by 11 issuers to 145 (as of Jan. 29, 2014) from 156 (as of Dec. 17, 2013). The drop stands as the biggest decrease in the weakest links count since July 2010. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Associate Director Gregg Moskowitz explains the key trends and data points.
U.S. retail sales unexpectedly dropped 0.4% in January due to disruptive weather across the country. However, our overall outlook for the sector looks manageable given the stability of most ratings. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor’s Kristina Koltunicki discusses the monthly sales number.
Warszawskie biuro jest centralą S&P na Europę Środkowo-Wschodnią, koordynując strategię firmy w regionie. W tym odcinku Dyrektor Regionalny oraz Dyrektor Zarządzający polskiego przedstawicielstwa - Marcin Petrykowski, tlumaczy jak strategiczne położenie, rosnące umiędzynarodowienie oraz rozwijający się rynek dłużny czyni z Polski idealne miejsce do ekspansji w regionie.
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services recently assigned ratings to Australia’s ASX Ltd., the first exchange and clearing house that we have rated in the Asia-Pacific region. Tune in as Gavin Gunning, Senior Director in our Financial Institutions Ratings Group, discusses some of the key factors supporting the ratings and outlook.
Recently, the Federal Open Market Committee announced a $10 billion reduction in its bond-buying program to $65 billion a month by cutting its monthly mortgage bond and Treasury purchases by $5 billion each. How has tapering affected spreads? In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor’s Associate Director Gregg Moskowitz explains the key trends and data points.
About $16.8 billion of rated CLO issuance closed during the fourth quarter. In addition, Standard & Poor’s upgraded 341 tranches from 94 transactions. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Senior Director Eric Hudson discusses fourth-quarter performance, and how paydowns and refinancings spurred the upgrades.
The new office will serve as a hub for S&P's operations, serving markets across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In this CreditMatters TV segment, newly appointed Regional Head for Central and Eastern Europe, Marcin Petrykowski explains how Poland’s strategic location, growing internationalization of business, and emerging domestic bond market make it an ideal location.
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, José Coballasi hosts this weekly segment of CreditMatters TV.
Standard & Poor’s estime le total des actifs de la finance islamique à 1,4 trillion de dollars environ. Dans cet épisode de CreditMatters TV, Mohamed Damak, Directeur Service de Recherche, revient sur les perspectives de développement de la finance islamique en Afrique du Nord et les facteurs clés de succès.
