In Australia, Standard & Poor's has nearly 150 professional staff dedicated to serving the local financial markets. While we are best known for our credit ratings, Standard & Poor's also provides credit risk services, manages Australia's benchmark equity indicesthe S&P/ASX indicesand provides a range of products and services to the financial intermediary and investment markets.
Standard & Poor's, the world's foremost provider of financial market intelligence, currently rates more than 1,200 retail managed funds in Australia. With the largest local analytical team, we remain committed to providing high quality and truly independent fund ratings, research, and consulting services to meet the needs of the financial-planning and fund-management communities.