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We apply our global ratings framework to various alternative investment funds whose investment strategies span private and public equity, venture capital and private debt, as well as hedge funds and other investment companies that share key characteristics of AIFs.
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OUR NUMBERS AT A GLANCE. Learn more about our ratings and the ratings process. 135 billion data points. 150+ years experience. 1,500 credit analysts. 128 countries. 1 million+ credit ratings outstanding. $46.3 trillion in rated debt.
S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities.
- 1860; 163 years ago, 1941; 82 years ago (present corporation status)
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1 Million+. More than 1 million credit ratings outstanding. 137+. Countries with ratings issued. 100% Of the top 50 global institutional investors reference S&P Global Ratings (us). Essential Intelligence for a changing world.
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Use of Ratings. Higher ratings have shown lower defaults. Our credit ratings have shown strong performance over time as effective measures of relative creditworthiness: Our studies have shown that the higher the ratings, the lower the default rates, and vice-versa.
Credit ratings are forward looking opinions about an issuer’s relative creditworthiness. They provide a common and transparent global language for investors to form a view on and compare the relative likelihood of whether an issuer may repay its debts on time and in full. Credit Ratings are just one of many inputs that investors and other ...