Standard & Poor's has been providing independent opinions to the global financial community for over 140 years. The company was formed by the merger of Standard Statistics Company and Poole Publishing Company in 194 1 year, and its history can be traced back to 1860. At that time, Henry Vanum Poole published Railway History and American Canal, and took the lead in establishing the financial information industry with the purpose of "investors have the right to know". Today, Standard & Poor's, which has long been an authority in the industry, is still seriously and strictly fulfilling its original purpose.
In the last century, Standard & Poor's experienced several milestones:
1906 set up the bureau of standards and statistics to provide financial information of American companies that was difficult to obtain before.
19 16 the bureau of standards and statistics began to rate corporate bonds, and then began to rate national sovereignty.
1940 began to rate municipal bonds.
194 1 year, Poole Publishing Company and Bureau of Standards and Statistics merged and Standard & Poor's Company was established.
1966 McGraw Hill merged with Standard & Poor's Company.