Nearly $13 trillion of debt has created steady recurring revenue for S&P

• Smoothed out the revenue stream

  • Standard & Poor痴 rates a new issue and follows it to maturity, charging an annual fee for continued surveillance

• Reduced dependency on transaction volume

• Today, 55-to-60% of ratings business is tied to recurring revenue

  • Includes surveillance fees and annual contracts

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