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Credit Ratings are opinions
about credit risk.

S&P Global Ratings is a leading provider of Credit Ratings. The world’s financial markets depend on S&P Global Ratings for our accessible insights and valued perspectives that drive clarity and growth in the market. We provide:

  • Public Ratings (issuer/issue): Distributed via our websites and various news media, for issuers of publicly rated securities or private loan transactions of any size.
  • Private Ratings (issuer/issue): Distributed via a secure website for distribution to up to 150 named third-party individuals.
  • Confidential Ratings (generally issuer level): Not distributed. Applicable for use by entities seeking an internal benchmark.


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1M+ 1,500+ 150+
Credit Ratings Outstanding Credit Analysts Worldwide Countries Ratings Based On

Benefits

Why use S&P Global Ratings for your credit rating?

  • Increase Your Access to New Markets


    We work with issuers and investors globally including Corporates, Financial Institutions, Governments, Infrastructure & Utilities, Insurance, Structured Finance and Public Finance.

  • Experience in Credit Markets


    With over 150 years of experience in providing independent opinions to the markets and more than 1 million credit ratings outstanding, we deliver the essential intelligence market participants need to make informed decisions with conviction.

  • Enhance Your Corporate Transparency


    The world’s financial markets depend on us for our accessible insights and valued perspectives that drive clarity and growth in the market.

  • Analytical Excellence


    Leveraging our expansive credit coverage, our analysts and economists provide authoritative, forward-looking insights on prevailing and potential credit risks.

  • Investor Preference


    Market participants and investors listen to S&P.  95% of top 20 global institutional investors reference S&P Global Ratings¹ making S&P an essential source of information for global financial markets.

Uses

One Rating, Many Uses

  • Issuers
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      • Optimize the cost of funding
      • Expand the pool of investors and available capital
      • Lengthen the terms of financing
      • Diversify funding sources

  • Intermediaries
      • Benchmark the relative credit risk of different debt issues
      • Set the initial pricing for individual debt issues they structure
      • Determine the interest rate issues will pay
      • Package assets into securities or structured finance instruments to market to investors

  • Investors
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      • A third-party opinion of credit quality
      • A basis for comparison across asset classes, geographies, and peers
      • Information and metrics to make informed decisions, such as supplementing their own credit analysis or establishing thresholds for credit risk and investment guideline

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¹ References sourced from internal research conducted on global top 20 asset manager websites, fund prospectuses, fund annual reports and/or other related public documents & sourced from IPE data as of 2023. Other data points sourced from internal data from S&P Global Ratings in 2022.