Capital IQ was founded in 1999 as a provider of software and analytics related to the financial markets. Capital IQ grew very rapidly to become one of the leading providers of software, data and analytics to the financial services community. In 2004 it was sold to the publishing company McGraw-Hill Financial.
Standard & Poor’s history traces back to 1860 but was established in 1941 in its present form. Since then, it has grown to become one of the world’s leading index providers and independent credit rating sources.
Capital IQ was formed in 2010 from offerings previously provided by Capital IQ and elements of S&P, including Global Credit Portal and MarketScope Advisor, enterprise solutions such as S&P Securities Evaluations and Compustat.
Components of S&P Capital IQ’s offering include data on public companies, private companies, auditable company financials, M&A/financing transactions, public offerings, corporate executives and board directors, compensation, news, filings, screening tools, chart builder, Excel Plug-In modelling tool, real-time market data and news, relationship tree, macroeconomic data, industry analyses and investment research reports.
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