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    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      Moral Money
      Determining what’s ‘green’ is harder than it seems Premium content

      Plus, how many high-polluting companies slide by in the bond market

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      Disrupted Times
      Global manufacturing struggles with shrinking demand

      Ukrainian grain leaves Odesa, UK tries to stem ‘dirty money’, sandwich industry in a pickle

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      Eurozone economy
      Inflation eats into eurozone business activity

      Influential poll signals record-high inflation is raising the risk of a recession in the common currency bloc

    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      Markets InsightRoger Lowenstein
      The holes in holistic ESG indices

      Choices over inclusion in benchmarks of goodness are dubious in nature

    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      Shale Oil & Gas
      US shale companies enjoy ‘tsunami of cash’ on high oil prices

      Capital restraint and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has transformed fortunes of once-indebted operators

    • Saturday, 12 March, 2022
      Energy sector
      Ukraine war: global oil spike roils industry executives

      Supply security upstages climate during first in-person CERAWeek conference since 2019

    • Friday, 15 October, 2021
      S&P 500
      Academics cast harsh light on composition of S&P index

      Report alleging companies ‘curry favour’ by buying debt ratings called ‘flawed’ by benchmark compiler

    • Monday, 24 May, 2021
      Markets InsightRobin Wigglesworth
      ‘Volmageddon’ fine may hint to era of stricter index regulation

      SEC action on S&P hints at ‘deeper, unspoken concern’ about objectivity of benchmarks

    • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
      Due Diligence
      A closer look at McKinsey’s mysterious firings Premium content

      Answers emerge as to the unexplained departures from the consultancy’s investment banking research unit

    • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
      Financial services
      S&P Global’s $44bn deal shows data is the oil of the 21st century

      Joint entity with IHS Markit might be big enough to take on Bloomberg as data drives finance sector

    • Monday, 30 November, 2020
      S&P Global to buy IHS Markit in $44bn deal

      Acquisition marks latest stage in battle to supply global financial data to markets

    • Monday, 30 November, 2020
      Lex
      S&P Global/IHS Markit: data plan Premium content

      Shrinkage in the market should not only concern customers but regulators too

    • Monday, 30 November, 2020
      S&P Global nears $44bn deal for IHS Markit

      Acquisition would be latest in wave of consolidation among financial data providers

    • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
      Due Diligence
      The Hollywood-level drama plaguing the movie business Premium content

      The rift between cinemas and studios is set to grow deeper in the post-Covid era

    • Monday, 20 July, 2020
      UK Sinha
      Rating agencies owe the market more transparency

      In a crisis, investors want information about relative strengths and weaknesses not just downgrades

    • Wednesday, 13 May, 2020
      Property sector
      US property investors braced for rise in delinquencies

      More than $45bn of loans in CMBS are behind on mortgage payments, warns S&P

    • Friday, 3 April, 2020
      Capital markets
      Rating agencies brace for backlash after rash of downgrades

      Critics claim S&P, Moody’s and Fitch might be poised for rerun of 2008 financial crisis

    • Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
      Banks
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      Rating agency sets out worst-case scenario of plunging interest margins and soaring defaults

    • Thursday, 12 March, 2020
      Tail RiskPhilip Stafford
      Exchanges and data groups get swept up in market storm

      Drops in shares of CME Group and the like could be a signal that capitulation is close

    • Thursday, 12 March, 2020
      Oil & Gas industry
      S&P warns it will not hesitate to dock ratings for oil groups

      Slashed dividends and asset sales may not be enough to fend off trouble, says agency

    • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
      S&P acquires ESG ratings arm of RobecoSAM

      Move is latest in rating agency’s arms race with rival Moody’s for sustainability data

    • Saturday, 9 November, 2019
      On Wall StreetJoe Rennison
      ‘Add-backs’ stoke fears of distorted credit ratings

      Critics claim rosy forecasts from companies are being indulged by rating agencies

    • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
      S&P publishes first domestic credit rating for a Chinese issuer

      Triple A ranking raises pressure for domestic rivals

    • Wednesday, 29 May, 2019
      Morningstar Inc
      Morningstar takes aim at rating giants with $669m DBRS deal

      Group looks to break into oligopoly of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch

    • Tuesday, 2 April, 2019
      Equities
      S&P Dow Jones index supremo David Blitzer to retire

      Committee chairman oversaw stock benchmark composition over 4 decades in age of passive investing

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