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Colin Plunkett
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S&P Global's brands and other intellectual properties form the foundation of its wide economic moat.

We expect S&P Global to continue to reap the benefits of its leading position in credit ratings and equity data. The company's strategy of investing early to become a standard bearer for ratings and data, built on a foundation of valuable brands and proprietary data sets, has been a big driver of its success. Though some might be tempted to believe that the 2008-09 global financial crisis weakened the major bond ratings agencies, making them vulnerable to competition, it actually raised the ...
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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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