Business: S&P Global Inc, is a provider of transparent and independent ratings, benchmarks, analytics and data to the capital and commodity markets across the world. The Company’s products cater to the capital markets, which includes asset managers, investment banks, commercial banks, exchanges and issuers; the commodities markets, which includes producers, traders and intermediaries within energy, metals, petrochemicals and agriculture, and the commercial markets, which includes professionals and corporate executives within automotive and marketing/research information services. The Company operates its business through four segments: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P Ratings), S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJ Indices) and S&P Global Platts.