S&P Credit Research and Analytics Available Through New App for iPhone and iPod

NEW YORK, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's, the leader in financial market intelligence, today announced the launch of a new free application for iPhone and iPod Touch users designed to facilitate mobile access to the firm's perspectives on global credit market developments. The app, called S&P CreditMatters, can be downloaded from Apple's App Store on iTunes and on www.standardandpoors.com/mobile at no cost.

S&P CreditMatters for iPhone and iPod Touch provides access to select daily credit market headlines as well as select commentaries and analyses from Standard & Poor's Ratings Services. The app permits users to enjoy podcasts and video interviews with S&P economists and ratings analysts and register for upcoming S&P events. In addition, the app allows users to save and share content as well as leaf through a collection of hundreds of interesting facts and figures about financial markets, including many about Standard & Poor's and its 150 year history.

"Today's global investors are on the move as never before; they need timely access to insight, information and analysis when making important financial decisions," says Bruce Schachne, Head of Ratings Market Development, Standard & Poor's in New York.  "Our CreditMatters app represents an innovative step in our expanded efforts to provide ratings transparency to investors globally."

Much of the app's content draws from Standard & Poor's RatingsDirect® on the Global Credit Portal, a web-based platform designed to provide real-time access to integrated credit research, market information, and risk analytics at Standard & Poor's.

Additional features are in the pipeline to be added to the app over the next few months. The development of a mobile web application to extend S&P's mobile presence to devices other than iPhone, including Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Android, is underway.

About Standard & Poor's

Standard & Poor's, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. With offices in 23 countries and markets, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for 150 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions. For more information, visit www.standardandpoors.com.

SOURCE Standard & Poor's

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