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Standard and Poors was formed in 1941 with the merger of Standard Statistics and Poor's Publishing Company. Standard and Poor's has an unrivalled depth and breadth in coverage and analysis. Standard & Poor's has the world's largest network of credit ratings analysts. Over $1 trillion in investors' assets is directly tied to S&P indexes - more than all other index providers combined. Standard & Poor's indices include the premier U.S. portfolio index, the S&P 500.
Standard & Poor's has a long history of creating standards for the financial industry. S&P has several firsts to its credit. Standard & Poor's was the first to rate Securitized financings, Bond insured transactions, Letters of credit, The financial strength of non-U.S. insurance companies, Bank holding companies, Financial guaranty companies
