Standard & Poor's is committed to offering data products and services that contribute to transparent, efficient markets and that give the financial community the independent benchmarks needed to make informed financial decisions. As the financial markets have grown more complex over the last century, the financial community has increasingly sought out the vital credit, company, index, funds, reference and pricing data offered by Standard & Poor's to support their financial models and company and industry analysis.

Standard & Poor’s data products form a key part of the analysis and decision making process for international investors in public and private companies in the Gulf, and vice versa. A selection of our key products is below;

Standard & Poor's RatingsDirect
RatingsDirect is our web-based ratings and research database, with access to nearly 8 million ratings and 240,000 research articles. It provides deep, authoritative insight into the sectors and regions you follow, including the Gulf region. It provides extensive asset coverage, including CDOs and other structured financial products.

RatingsDirect provides coverage by specific geographic regions and sectors, including Corporations, Financial Institutions, Insurance, International Public Finance, Sovereigns, Utilities, U.S. Public Finance, and Structured Finance with more than 16 years of ratings history. To help you compare peers, understand the characteristics of an industry, or analyze a particular sector and its key trends, RatingsDirect offers:

• Ratings Analyses
• Industry Report Cards
• Key Credit Factors
• Peer Comparisons
• Timely and Topical Commentaries
• Credit FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

RatingsDirect enables you to easily track the issues and issuers you follow by creating portfolios, setting email alerts, searching by keyword or viewing real-time ratings and research on the specific sectors you track.

More information on Standard & Poor's RatingsDirect can be accessed here.

Standard & Poor's Capital IQ
Capital IQ is a web and Excel-based research platform that combines deep information on companies, markets, and people in the Gulf region and worldwide with robust tools for fundamental analysis, financial modeling, market analysis, screening, targeting, and relationship and workflow management. Capital IQ is deployed at over 1,700 client firms including many of the world's most successful investment banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, consultants, and corporations. Clients use Capital IQ to draw deep market insights, generate better ideas, leverage relationships, and simplify workflow.

More information on the products and services of Capital IQ can be accessed here.

Standard & Poor's Compustat
For nearly 45 years, Standard & Poor’s Compustat data has delivered high-quality, standardized fundamental and market data to investment professionals around the world. Compustat helps bring transparency to today’s markets with reliable information, deep history and extensive company coverage—giving institutional investors the right tools to approach the market with confidence.

Standard & Poor's Compustat can offer standardized fundamental data covering around 10,000 companies in emerging markets - including most listed companies in the Middle East.

More information on Standard & Poor's Compustat can be accessed here.