Standard & Poor's is committed to supporting more transparent, efficient and dynamic capital markets in Asia-Pacific. Through our wide range of global and local capabilities - including independent credit research and ratings, investment research, market indices, and financial data and information - we are playing an important part in underpinning the evolution of local financial markets in the region and integrating them into the global capital markets. This series of articles and speeches highlights S&P's views on the potential for developing broader, deeper and more integrated financial markets in the region, the progress that has been made so far and the issues that need to be overcome.