Standard & Poor's Overview: Standard & Poor’s (S&P) is a division of publicly-traded McGraw-Hill, headquartered in New York. Its main lines of business include:
- Credit Ratings
- Market Indices
- Investment Research
- Risk Evaluation
- Financial Data and Information
Size: Standard & Poor’s reports these figures as of June, 2008:
- Employees = over 8,500
- Employees in 23 countries and markets
- Equity Research covers over 2,000 stocks
- Value of debt rated globally = over $32 trillion
- Ratings published in 2007(new and revised) = over 510,000
Positives: Standard & Poor’s is the leader among rating agencies, both in terms of the size of its professional staff and in the breadth of its coverage of securities issuers. Its corporate parent, McGraw-Hill, is a leader in business publishing and business data services, offering potential career opportunities there as well.
Negatives: See the rating agencies overview.
