Our research provides insights about governments and public sector entities around the world, their challenges, and our views on where they stand in the face of current and future market developments.
Explanation of a credit rating action on a debt issue. In addition, rating actions on a group of issuers can be bundled and published as rating actions news, without individual research updates. The report provides the rating action rationales for the group of entities or sector, followed by entity specific rationales and updated outlook/CreditWatch, reflecting the view of a rating committee.
Overview and rationale of a credit rating action taken on an individual sovereign, including comments on newly assigned ratings, rating changes, outlook or CreditWatch revisions, as well as a rating score snapshot with further indicators and explanations.
To provide additional disclosure and transparency to the market, from mid-November 2021, S&P Global Ratings started publishing ESG credit indicators for individual companies in the corporate and infrastructure, and insurance sectors; other asset classes will be covered during 2022. These indicators will initially be released through the ESG credit indicator report cards for the relevant sector. Subsequently, they will be incorporated and updated in S&P Global Ratings’ issuer- and issue-specific publications to complement the existing credit rating analysis and surveillance.
Quick and timely report addressing a particular development or event that has no current impact on the credit rating of an issuer.
Detailed reports on an individual sovereign, providing the issuer credit rating (ICR) and insights into key rating factors, outlook, and rationale for the rating. In addition, a rating score snapshot with comments and tables with selected economic indicators and projections are also provided, among other considerations.