Our research is used by the world’s financial markets when they need data driven insights and analysis. Whether to help evaluate strategic portfolio positions, develop investment ideas, or identify potential gaps and opportunities, we provide top-down information on global credit trends, macroeconomic conditions, and sector-specific developments that impact global capital markets.
Ongoing, launched in November 2019 Credit trends and potential risks affecting 'BBB' rated companies. Additional tables with “fallen angels” and “rising starts” information are provided.
Ongoing Updates of the sector’s rating actions and key publications to date.
Ongoing In response to investors' growing interest in COVID-19 and its credit effects on companies, S&P Global Ratings is publishing a regularly updated list of rating actions taken globally on corporations and sovereigns as well as summary table and support charts. These are public ratings where COVID-19 or oil prices (or both) are mentioned as one factor or in combination with others.
Ongoing Continuous updates of key takeaways from recent articles on the coronavirus impact across sectors and regions.
Ongoing The reports look at credit, economic, financial, and sector conditions and trends for the global market as well as separate publications for the Asia-Pacific, EMEA, emerging markets, and North America regions.
Ongoing The report provides information on potential bond downgrades (for issuers we rate ‘AAA’ to ‘B-‘ with either negative rating outlooks or ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications). Timely and ongoing surveillance of issuers at risk of being downgraded can be valuable to investors in their sector credit-allocation process, as well as in hedging against potential capital losses arising from a downgrade.
Ongoing This article will be published on an ongoing basis to track the movement of total rating actions as positive rating actions (including both outlook or CreditWatch) outpace negative rating actions.
Ongoing These publications analyze cross sector rating trends and performance globally and regionally (U.S., Europe, emerging markets, and other developed markets).
Ongoing A comprehensive view on global bond issuance, financing conditions indicators, and the largest U.S., European, and emerging markets issuers.
Ongoing The reports evaluate issuers who exhibit higher-than-peer propensity for downgrades to speculative grade (‘BB+’ or lower) from investment grade (‘BBB-’ or higher).
Ongoing The reports evaluate issuers well-positioned to ascend to investment-grade (‘BBB-’ or higher) from speculative grade (‘BB+’ or lower) and geographic and industry trends driving those upgrade prospects.
Weekly This publication provides key developments, economic and credit market updates, and asset class trends.
Ongoing The reports provide a comprehensive view of the global, U.S., and European corporate debt markets by rating category, as well as by size and structure of investment, and speculative-grade debt by sector, instrument type, and other variables with respect to debt maturing in different time horizons.
Monthly, since April 2020 Credit trends and potential risks affecting U.S. and Canadian 'B-' and 'CCC' rated entities.
Ongoing A comprehensive view of the global corporate debt market by rating category, as well as by size and structure of investment, and speculative-grade debt by sector, instrument type, and other variables.
Ongoing Updates on the U.S. distress ratio, which is defined as the proportion of speculative-grade issues with option-adjusted composite spreads of more than 1,000 basis points (bps) relative to U.S. Treasuries.
Weekly Graphical information on secondary market yields for investment-grade and speculative-grade corporate bonds.