2026
Oct 22
Video
2026 SFF Conversations - North America ABS
2026 SFF Conversations – Collateralized Fund Obligations (CFOs)
Susanne Matern, Head of EMEA Structured Finance, and Greg Fayvilevich, Global Head of Fund and Asset Manager Ratings, discuss CFO structures, growth drivers, investors, ratings and outlook.
Oct 21
APAC Data Centres: AI Demand, Power, and Credit Risks
AI and digitalisation are driving rapid data-centre investment across APAC. In this first episode of APAC CreditCast, we discuss demand, power and grid constraints, project execution, financing, and the key credit risks shaping the sector.
Japanese Fixed Income Allocation: Evolution, Not Revolution
Japan’s institutions are among the world’s largest fixed-income investors. Helen Wong speaks with Monsur Hussain about rising Japanese bond yields, shifting allocations, foreign credit and private markets, and implications for global market.
Oct 20
Project Finance for Corporates: Rating implications of new structures
How are project finance structures reshaping corporate credit analysis? Aymeric Poizot and Yee Man Chin examine joint venture structures, AI data center financing, structural subordination, and their implications for ratings and credit risk.
Oct 19
Brazil's Political Shift to the Right
How could Brazil’s election reshape its economy and credit outlook? Todd Martinez and Richard Francis discuss the runoff, fiscal challenges, growth prospects, and what a Bolsonaro victory could mean for debt, markets, and ratings.
2026 SFF Conversations - North America RMBS
Maria Paula Moreno, Head of Structured Finance Americas, and Kevin Kendra, Head of North American RMBS, discuss 2026 issuance, performance, rating trends, private credit and the outlook for the sector.
Oct 16
Leveraged Finance Demand Supportive Despite Bond Price Volatility’ perhaps, to show we talk about loans as well as bonds.
Investor demand remains strong, but risks are building. Hear Fitch Ratings experts discuss what's supporting European leveraged finance, why investors are becoming more selective, and what rising defaults could mean for the market's outlook.
Oct 15
Macro Pressure Drives Recent TMT Bankruptcies – Bankruptcy EVs & Creditor Recovery Series
How do telecom, media, and technology bankruptcies affect creditor recoveries? Terry Gallagher and Josh Clark discuss declining first-lien recoveries, repeat restructurings, valuation pressures, and the factors driving outcomes across the TMT sector.
2026 SFF Conversations - EMEA RMBS
Susanne Matern, Head of EMEA Structured Finance, and Haidar Sarwar, Senior Director – EMEA RMBS, discuss Housing & Mortgage Market trends across the UK and Europe.