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New Offering Provides On-Demand Analysis and Benchmarking of Credit Risk for Public and Private Counterparties NEW YORK, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of multi-asset class research, data and analytics, today announced the launch of the CreditModel engines - a proprietary credit scoring and sensitivity analysis capability - via web services. This new offering draws on the power of the existing S&P Capital IQ CreditModel, a suite of global...

Move Signifies Increasing Importance of EMEA Markets to Firm's Growth NEW YORK and LONDON, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of multi-asset class data, tools and services for company, security and portfolio valuation and risk analysis, today announced several senior staff changes, signaling the growing importance of European markets for the firm's analytical and research products and services. Effective immediately, Rocco Sta. Maria, currently...

NEW YORK, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A.O. Smith Corp. (NYSE: AOS: $69) has been picked by S&P Capital IQ as its Focus Stock of the Week. AOS carries S&P Capital IQ's highest investment recommendation of 5-STARS, or Strong Buy. "The company has developed what we consider a strong brand identity, evidenced by an approximate 42 percent market share in domestic residential water heaters and a 58 percent share of the commercial water heater market," said Kevin Kirkeby,...

Robust Suite of Credit Risk Assessment Tools Expands S&P Capital IQ's Full Offering of Multi-Asset Class Data and Analytics NEW YORK, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of multi-asset class research, data and analytics, today announced the launch of a new suite of credit solutions designed to help assess both rated and unrated public and private companies globally with both "point-in-time" and "through-the-cycle" assessments. Beginning on April 29,...

NEW YORK, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- While it may be tempting to think China, India, and other major developing economies are the best way for equity investors to play the spread of globalization, S&P Capital IQ Equity Research says this narrow approach risks excluding the next generation of up and coming nations just as growth is starting to slow in the largest emerging markets. In a recent report entitled "The Final Frontier," S&P Capital IQ Global Equity Strategist...

New Consolidated feed provides normalized, global content from over 110 Exchanges available from a single 'point of presence' NEW YORK, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Capital IQ, a business line of the McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) and a leading provider of multi-asset class data, research and analytics, today announced the availability of a consolidated financial data feed providing normalized, global content from over 110 exchanges that can be taken from a single point...

NEW YORK, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Capital IQ, a business line of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) offering global multi-asset class data solutions, market research and portfolio risk analytics to global investors, today announced the hiring of seven new equity analysts in New York, London, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur. Three of the equity analysts, Robert Dezego, Eric Hugel, and Westcott Rochette, are based in New York. Mr. Dezego, most recently a Vice President...

The service also ranks highly for investment grade corporate bonds, and government and agency debt. LONDON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Capital IQ's Valuations service has been ranked best vendor for high yield bonds and US municipals in A-Team Group's 2012 Valuations Performance Benchmarking report. A-Team Group surveyed valuations managers across 36 Europe-based financial institutions - a mix of asset managers and the securities firms that support them - about what is...

NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- World Fuel Services Corp. (NYSE: INT $43) has been picked by S&P Capital IQ as its Focus Stock of the Week. INT carries S&P Capital IQ's highest investment recommendation of 5-STARS, or Strong Buy. World Fuel is a leading global provider of petroleum products and logistics services. "We find World Fuel's business model and growth prospects compelling, as it adds to its segment, geographic, and customer diversity," said Tanjila Shafi,...

NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing the expanding information needs of corporations, insurance companies, and asset management firms for timely data to manage their portfolios, S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of multi-asset class data, research and analytics, today announced an agreement with Clearwater Analytics to provide a broad range of fixed income evaluated pricing and terms and conditions data to industry professionals through Clearwater's global...