Together with Recent Acquisitions of Risk Analytics Leader R2 Financial Technologies and Low-Latency Data Provider QuantHouse, Purchase Solidifies S&P Capital IQ's Leadership Role Among Providers Of Financial Information Solutions

Enhanced Model for Credit Health Panel Ensures Greater Peer Group Consistency and More Timely Credit Health Panel Coverage.

Requests for New US Corporate Debt and Equity Identifiers Reaches Highest Level Since 2008; International Markets Show Effects of Eurozone Crisis

Addition of Standard & Poor's Credit Ratings offers an independent analytical view of creditworthiness and risk exposures for new and existing deals.

S&P Capital IQ's senior equity investment strategists and an ETF analyst will give their outlooks for global economies and equity markets, as well as their recommendations for positioning portfolios for the remainder of 2012. This complimentary webinar will be held on June 19, 2012 @ 11:00 am EDT.