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RATINGS & ANALYSIS
Ratings & Analysis: S&P predicts a strong 2026 for EM EMEA insurers
Insurance markets in emerging EMEA markets will remain strong in 2026, according to S&P Global Ratings predictions.
The creditworthiness of insurers in these markets, consisting of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, South Africa, Turkiye, and Kazakhstan,...
Ratings & Analysis: S&P Global taps Snowflake connectivity for private markets investors
Private markets investors are now able to input data from S&P Global’s iLEVEL portfolio monitoring platform directly into their Snowflake environments.
Investors will be able to analyse iLEVEL data alongside other datasets, including company financials,...
Ratings & Analysis: S&P upgrades South Africa
S&P Global Ratings has upgraded South Africa’s long-term sovereign ratings, assigning the country BB for foreign currency and BB+ for local currency, with a positive outlook.
The upgrade, from BB- in foreign currency and BB...
Ratings and Analysis: Is the life insurance the wobbly leg of finance?
US life insurer, Brighthouse Financial, was downgraded by ratings agency Fitch on Monday, following the announcement it was to be acquired by private investment firm Aquarian Capital LLC, which has a lower credit rating...
