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Standard & Poor's (S&P)

Standard & Poor’s is best known for stock market indices such as the US-based S&P 500 and for its credit ratings, competing against Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings. Rating agencies came under fire for issuing top ratings to pools of mortgages which included subprime loans and in February 2013, the US Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against S&P, seeking US$5 billion in civil damages.

Chairman / President

Douglas L. Peterson

CEO / Managing Director

Douglas L. Peterson

CFO / Finance Director

Ewout Steenbergen

Industry

Financial Services

Website

spglobal.com/ratings

Headquarters address

55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041, USA

Stock Code

NYSE:SPGI

Year founded

1860

If successfully priced, the sale would be Hong Kong’s third since 2023. Photo: Sam Tsang

Bonds

Hong Kong extends digital bond ambitions with third offering

Government looking to sell digital green bonds denominated in US dollars, Hong Kong dollars, euros and offshore yuan, sources say.

10 Nov 2025 - 5:04PM

Bonds

China’s Meituan eyes US$3 billion from bond issue as competition heats up

30 Oct 2025 - 4:56PM

Banking & finance

US dollar slide could pressure export-driven sectors and banks, S&P warns

14 Oct 2025 - 6:00PM

Germany

Midea’s AC sales jump 35% in Europe amid heatwaves, offsetting slowdown in China

The Foshan-based appliance maker’s overseas revenue accounted for 43 per cent of its total revenue in the first half of 2025.

25 Sep 2025 - 7:30AM

Germany was Midea’s second-biggest European market for air conditioners after Italy in the first half of 2025, according to S&P Global Ratings. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong property

NWD, CK Asset launch home sales, hoping year’s first rate cut revives sentiment

New World is selling all 120 units at House Muse in Kowloon City, and CK Asset is selling the last 70 units at Blue Coast II in Wong Chuk Hang.

18 Sep 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Bonds

Hungry to expand, Chinese companies to dish out more dim sum bonds

US-dollar bond issuance is set to fade as dim sum bonds become a central pillar of Beijing’s push to internationalise the yuan, asset managers say.

17 Sep 2025 - 5:30PM

Wealth management

Standard Chartered banker urges diversification amid correction risks

‘There could be another correction. These things happen,’ Standard Chartered’s Judy Hsu says.

8 Sep 2025 - 8:43AM

Judy Hsu, Standard Chartered’s CEO of wealth and retail banking. Photo: Jelly Tse

United States

US stocks wobble as Wall Street wrangles with whether job market is too weak

Hopes that weak employment data would spur the Fed to cut interest rates were balanced by fears that an economic downturn is looming.

6 Sep 2025 - 5:18AMvideocam

China property

The View | China’s commercial property market has its own version of a ‘national team’

While Beijing hasn’t called on any funds to support China’s commercial property market, its strong, diverse domestic investor base is a pillar of strength.

11 Aug 2025 - 4:30PMvideocam

United States

Wall Street drifts as global stock markets take Trump’s new tariffs in stride

Worries that Trump’s tariffs are damaging the economy linger, particularly after last week’s worse-than-expected report on the job market.

7 Aug 2025 - 11:07PMvideocam

Market statistics are displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Photo: AFP

Biomedicine: Companies

Opinion | Biotech successes helping Chinese intellectual property go global

After years of buying licences for foreign-made medicines, Chinese biotech firms are now profiting handsomely from their own innovations.

5 Aug 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

Visitors walk beside the booth of British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company AstraZeneca during the third China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on July 17. Photo: EPA

Hong Kong stock market

De-dollarisation trend to continue, favouring Asian assets: Societe Generale

‘We acknowledge that US exceptionalism is diminishing and that de-dollarisation is under way,’ analysts say.

4 Jul 2025 - 2:53PM

China stock market

Chinese stocks trade near 3-month high as manufacturing, home sales rebound

Private reports showed manufacturing and home sales in mainland China recovered in June from a month earlier.

1 Jul 2025 - 3:50PMvideocam

Hong Kong property

Rebound in Hong Kong’s home prices unlikely to come this year: analysts

Analysts say a supply overhang in the city’s residential real estate market is likely to loom this year and next.

30 Jun 2025 - 5:35PM

A man passes a real estate office in Causeway Bay. Photo: Antony Dickson

Business of climate change

Cloudy with a chance of bankruptcy: US tariffs hurt China’s solar firms

One-third of China’s 121 listed solar producers are in the red; more than 50 along the supply chain have filed for bankruptcy this year.

28 Jun 2025 - 11:00AMvideocam

United States

S&P500, Nasdaq hit record highs on renewed AI bets, rate-cut hopes

A US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Iran that sparked higher crude prices also boosted market confidence.

27 Jun 2025 - 10:09PMvideocam

China-Middle East relations

Global economy jitters grow after Trump’s Iran strikes, Strait of Hormuz fears

Escalating Israel-Iran conflict could disrupt oil trade and shake markets, analysts say.

23 Jun 2025 - 3:54PMvideocam

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s New World downplays talk of debt deal as analysts see path forward

Government rhetoric about bank leniency towards developers is ‘favourable’ for the debt-laden company, Morningstar analyst says.

23 Jun 2025 - 6:23PM

A sunset picture shows the Victoria Dockside development in Tsim Sha Tsui on December 19, 2018.
Photo: Martin Chan

Hong Kong property

Debt crunch at NWD stokes downside risk in Hong Kong home prices, S&P says

Decision to defer coupon payments on four series of perpetual bonds threatens a bigger drop in home prices, rating firm says.

11 Jun 2025 - 7:44PM

Investing

Explainer | Taco vs Tina: which acronym will win out when traders have a taste for both?

Tina has been around for decades, but Taco trades are suddenly cooking up a storm. What do they mean, and why does it matter?

30 May 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Hong Kong economy

Moody’s and S&P Global keep ‘Aa3’ and ‘AA+’ credit ratings for Hong Kong

Both rating agencies point to city’s substantial fiscal buffers and foreign exchange reserves, strong external balance sheet and high per capita income levels.

28 May 2025 - 2:44AM

The government welcomed the latest ratings, with a spokesman saying they “demonstrate Hong Kong’s resilience in maintaining stability amid increasing global economic and financial uncertainties”. Photo: Sam Tsang

Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)

MPF fund managers told to gird for US holdings after Moody’s cut

About 37 per cent of MPF’s US$167 billion total assets were invested in bond and balanced funds at the end of 2024.

27 May 2025 - 11:25AM

The MPF’s total assets stood at HK$1.3 trillion (US$167 billion) at the end of 2024. Photo: Eugene Lee

United States

Trump threatens EU with 50% tariffs over breakdown in talks, Apple stares at 25%

Sweeping levies targeting bloc would start June 1 as China continues charm offensive across continent to deepen engagement.

24 May 2025 - 4:51AMvideocam

US-ally trade wars

Macroscope | In US bonds, China and Japan have the most fearsome weapon against Trump

The increased vulnerability of US markets gives foreign holders of US Treasury bonds more leverage in trade negotiations with Washington.

22 May 2025 - 5:18PMvideocam

Blockchain

Bitcoin hits record high as US-China trade tensions ease

‘A target of US$150,000 in 2025 is still very much on the cards,’ one analyst says.

22 May 2025 - 9:51AM

A cryptocurrency exchange office in Hong Kong with a screen featuring US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Singapore

Singapore’s central bank chief sees ‘no alternative’ to US dollar assets

Even with three major credit rating agencies now downgrading the US, Singapore’s central bank boss says US dollar assets are irreplaceable.

21 May 2025 - 10:26AM

A clerk sorts US$100 notes at a bank in Seoul, South Korea, earlier this month. Photo: Yonhap/EPA-EFE

Banking & finance

Moody’s downgrade, US debt fears revive mini ‘sell America’ trade

Rating downgrade risks reinforcing Wall Street’s growing worries over the US sovereign bond market.

19 May 2025 - 12:45PM

United States

US market extends drop as strong jobs report fails to soothe tariff fears

The S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq 100 Index futures sank as China imposed a 34 per cent tariff on all American imports.

4 Apr 2025 - 9:59PMvideocam

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Standard & Poor's (S&P)

Hong Kong extends digital bond ambitions with third offering

Government looking to sell digital green bonds denominated in US dollars, Hong Kong dollars, euros and offshore yuan, sources say.

China’s Meituan eyes US$3 billion from bond issue as competition heats up

US dollar slide could pressure export-driven sectors and banks, S&P warns

Midea’s AC sales jump 35% in Europe amid heatwaves, offsetting slowdown in China

The Foshan-based appliance maker’s overseas revenue accounted for 43 per cent of its total revenue in the first half of 2025.

NWD, CK Asset launch home sales, hoping year’s first rate cut revives sentiment

New World is selling all 120 units at House Muse in Kowloon City, and CK Asset is selling the last 70 units at Blue Coast II in Wong Chuk Hang.

Hungry to expand, Chinese companies to dish out more dim sum bonds

US-dollar bond issuance is set to fade as dim sum bonds become a central pillar of Beijing’s push to internationalise the yuan, asset managers say.

Standard Chartered banker urges diversification amid correction risks

‘There could be another correction. These things happen,’ Standard Chartered’s Judy Hsu says.

US stocks wobble as Wall Street wrangles with whether job market is too weak

Hopes that weak employment data would spur the Fed to cut interest rates were balanced by fears that an economic downturn is looming.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}The View | China’s commercial property market has its own version of a ‘national team’

While Beijing hasn’t called on any funds to support China’s commercial property market, its strong, diverse domestic investor base is a pillar of strength.

Wall Street drifts as global stock markets take Trump’s new tariffs in stride

Worries that Trump’s tariffs are damaging the economy linger, particularly after last week’s worse-than-expected report on the job market.

Opinion | Biotech successes helping Chinese intellectual property go global

After years of buying licences for foreign-made medicines, Chinese biotech firms are now profiting handsomely from their own innovations.

De-dollarisation trend to continue, favouring Asian assets: Societe Generale

‘We acknowledge that US exceptionalism is diminishing and that de-dollarisation is under way,’ analysts say.

Chinese stocks trade near 3-month high as manufacturing, home sales rebound

Private reports showed manufacturing and home sales in mainland China recovered in June from a month earlier.

Rebound in Hong Kong’s home prices unlikely to come this year: analysts

Analysts say a supply overhang in the city’s residential real estate market is likely to loom this year and next.

Cloudy with a chance of bankruptcy: US tariffs hurt China’s solar firms

One-third of China’s 121 listed solar producers are in the red; more than 50 along the supply chain have filed for bankruptcy this year.

S&P500, Nasdaq hit record highs on renewed AI bets, rate-cut hopes

A US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Iran that sparked higher crude prices also boosted market confidence.

Global economy jitters grow after Trump’s Iran strikes, Strait of Hormuz fears

Escalating Israel-Iran conflict could disrupt oil trade and shake markets, analysts say.

Hong Kong’s New World downplays talk of debt deal as analysts see path forward

Government rhetoric about bank leniency towards developers is ‘favourable’ for the debt-laden company, Morningstar analyst says.

Debt crunch at NWD stokes downside risk in Hong Kong home prices, S&P says

Decision to defer coupon payments on four series of perpetual bonds threatens a bigger drop in home prices, rating firm says.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Explainer | Taco vs Tina: which acronym will win out when traders have a taste for both?

Tina has been around for decades, but Taco trades are suddenly cooking up a storm. What do they mean, and why does it matter?

Moody’s and S&P Global keep ‘Aa3’ and ‘AA+’ credit ratings for Hong Kong

Both rating agencies point to city’s substantial fiscal buffers and foreign exchange reserves, strong external balance sheet and high per capita income levels.

MPF fund managers told to gird for US holdings after Moody’s cut

About 37 per cent of MPF’s US$167 billion total assets were invested in bond and balanced funds at the end of 2024.

Trump threatens EU with 50% tariffs over breakdown in talks, Apple stares at 25%

Sweeping levies targeting bloc would start June 1 as China continues charm offensive across continent to deepen engagement.

Macroscope | In US bonds, China and Japan have the most fearsome weapon against Trump

The increased vulnerability of US markets gives foreign holders of US Treasury bonds more leverage in trade negotiations with Washington.

Bitcoin hits record high as US-China trade tensions ease

‘A target of US$150,000 in 2025 is still very much on the cards,’ one analyst says.

Singapore’s central bank chief sees ‘no alternative’ to US dollar assets

Even with three major credit rating agencies now downgrading the US, Singapore’s central bank boss says US dollar assets are irreplaceable.

Moody’s downgrade, US debt fears revive mini ‘sell America’ trade

Rating downgrade risks reinforcing Wall Street’s growing worries over the US sovereign bond market.

US market extends drop as strong jobs report fails to soothe tariff fears

The S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq 100 Index futures sank as China imposed a 34 per cent tariff on all American imports.

The View | China’s commercial property market has its own version of a ‘national team’

Explainer | Taco vs Tina: which acronym will win out when traders have a taste for both?