ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
S&P Global Ratings' structured finance podcast and the credit events of your day. Tune in as your hosts Jim Manzi and Tom Schopflocher explore hot topics across the structured finance and global markets.
Update frequency:
every 49 days
Average audio length:
12 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
85 episodes
since Oct. 3, 2018
episodic
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While European Structured Finance issuance has been strong in the first half of the year, some investors believe that deteriorating macro fundamentals and geopolitical risks are not being sufficiently priced in. We touch on the evolving European investor sentiment over the last few months, the grow…
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Loyalty programs have turned out to be highly profitable for airlines, as for some, they generate more cash flow than flight operations. Indeed, we believe that without a loyalty program, certain major U.S. airlines' earnings would be decidedly weaker in the current economic environment. We discuss…
Exchange traded funds (ETFs)--in particular, CLO ETFs--are providing a vehicle for retail investors to adapt to new financial innovations in capital markets, such as private credit (lending directly between a lender and a borrower) and tokenization (taking a real world asset and representing it as …
Recent data regarding consumer credit--especially auto ABS collateral data--are showing signs of deteriorating performance. Moreover, we've seen some indication that consumer distress is spreading to higher credit score and income cohorts, despite a relatively low unemployment rate. An unforeseen i…
We discuss the cross-sector impact of the Los Angeles wildfires on California's property insurance, housing finance, and state creditworthiness. As the wildfires are expected to result in substantial losses for insurers, we discuss how carriers are expected to raise rates and/or reduce coverage opt…
Since CLO ETFs launched in late 2020, the investing landscape has changed, as retail investors can now access securities previously available only to institutional buyers. Driven by strong investor demand, CLO ETFs have injected new liquidity into CLO primary and secondary markets. We discuss what'…
We're joined by esoteric ABS credit analyst Christine Dalton to do a deep dive on the Nov. 4, 2024, downgrade of TGIF Funding LLC's series 2017-1 class A-2. We look back at the deteriorating operating performance of TGI Friday's casual dining restaurants, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, increa…
After two years of muted issuance, the U.S. BSL #CLO market has roared back to life, with about $165 billion in issuance to date. We're joined by CLO Sector Lead Stephen Anderberg to discuss what's driving this active market (e.g., benign credit outlook and continuing strong demand for high-quality…
We're joined by analyst Casper Andersen to provide updates on the Norwegian, Finnish, and Dutch covered bonds markets, and Icelandic jurisdictional support. We discuss the current housing markets and economic growth for Norway, Finland, and Netherlands and the impact on their respective covered bon…
For our first episode in 2024, our host, Tom Schopflocher, is joined by Cian Chandler, S&P Global Ratings' Global Structured Finance Chief Analytical Officer, to introduce our "ABS Frontiers" article series. Throughout this year, these informative commentaries will explore sectors that are some…
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