Extra Credit: S&p Global Ratings Public Finance Podcast

This week we have our second Todd Talks, where Lisa Schroeer talks with USPF pension analysis leaders Sussan Corson, Todd Kanaster, and Todd Tauzer about plan funding methods, discount rates and how they drive pension cost trends amongst the largest cities.

Listen to Lisa Schroeer discuss different ways to look at the credit impacts of school affordability and school funding with John Anglim in Asset Back Securities covering the affordability of student loans, Shivani Singh talking about potential credit impacts of state funded community college, and Daniela Brandazza discussing higher education funding from a global perspective.

In this week’s Extra Credit, Lisa Schroeer, Geoff Buswick and Tom Zemetis discuss the emerging opportunities and risks of blockchain and cyber-attacks within the municipal sphere.

Lisa Schroeer talks with Robin Prunty about our market communication and what to expect going forward. The conversation continues with Eden Perry and Oscar Padilla about our State sector (with a side of criteria).

In this Extra Credit Lisa Schroeer talks with S&P Global Ratings' not-for-profit health care industry experts Martin Arrick and Cynthia Keller about the sector’s median performance, overall trends, and potential disruptors.

In this week’s Extra Credit hear Lisa Schroeer discuss Credit Conditions with Managing Director Gabe Petek and Senior Director Jane Ridley. Hear about the economic forecast for the U.S. and how that translates to the State and Local credit environment.

Take this opportunity to catch-up on credits that were once headline grabbers. This week, Scott Garrigan discusses what happened to Detroit water and sewer board and Ashley Ramchandani updates us on Sweetbriar college.

This week, S&P Dow Jones Indices’ Managing Director and head of U.S. Equities, Jodie Gunzberg, S&P Global Ratings’ Chief U.S. economist, Beth Ann Bovino, and Senior Director, Lisa Schroeer discuss S&P Global Ratings’ research that shows how increasing the number of women in the workforce could boost GDP growth and add close to $6 trillion to global market capitalization in 10 years.

In this week’s Extra Credit Lisa Schroeer covers some of the issues that could impact ratings down the line. Sarah Sullivant updates us on Priority Lien criteria, Randy Layman discusses Georgia’s local government de-annexation issues and Tim Little talks sports betting revenues and states.

In this week’s first Todd Talks, Lisa Schroeer talks with USPF pension analysis leaders Sussan Corson, Todd Kanaster, and Todd Tauzer about their analytic focuses and interests.

This week’s theme is, infrastructure! Global Practice Leads Tina Morris and Susan Gray talk about public and private sector infrastructure issues. Kurt Forsgren discusses autonomous vehicles and Ted Chapman and Obioma Ugboaja cover water bundling.

In this week’s Extra Credit hear Lisa Schroeer discuss Credit Conditions with Chief Economist Beth Ann Bovino and State Sector Lead Gabe Petek. Hear about the economic forecast for the U.S. and how that translates to the State and Local credit environment.

Half off? How changes in retail, from online sales to dark store tactics are impacting state and local sales and property tax revenues. Host Lisa Schroeer talks with Corporates sector leader Bob Schulz, and USPF analysts Scott Nees, Helen Samuelson, and David Hitchcock.

In this episode of Extra Credit, S&P Global Ratings’ analysts Nora Wittstruck, Rahul Jain, Paul Dyson, Eden Perry and Lisa Schroeer talk about rating changes and trends in New York.

Continuing the conversation in Extra Credit Chapter 2, S&P Global Ratings’ Managing Directors Robin Prunty and Horacio Aldrete Senior Director and host Lisa Schroeer discuss major 2017 municipal issues and what to watch in 2018.

In this first chapter of Extra Credit, S&P Global Ratings’ Managing Directors Robin Prunty and Horacio Aldrete and Senior Director Lisa Schroeer talk about the relaunch of Extra Credit and what type of credit discussions you can expect for the upcoming year.

John Sugden reviews several recent rating actions related to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Mikiyon Alexander outlines proposed criteria changes for Housing Finance Agencies and Social Enterprise Lending Organizations.

Robin Prunty discusses our November 14th commentary outline the post-Presidential election outlook across all municipal sectors and David Hitchcock outlines the credit drivers to our recent rating actions on the states of New Mexico and New Jersey.

Nora Wittstruck and Oscar Padilla discuss a recent report on how the Texas economy is weathering the prolonged downturn in oil prices and Sussan Corson provides an overview of the revised state criteria and our approach to pensions.

Mikiyon Alexander discusses a recent report on state housing finance agencies and Jessica Matsumori gives an overview of the charter school medians.