Standard & Poor's Ratings Services Announces New Organization Structure

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, today announced a new organization structure to accelerate growth through excellence in ratings, service and operations.  The changes are effective immediately. "As we look forward to 2012, these organizational changes will better position us to drive growth in developed and emerging markets and to create new products and services," said Douglas L. Peterson, President, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.  "The new structure builds on our many strengths and will enable us to collaborate more effectively with colleagues across teams and with S&P Capital IQ as part of McGraw-Hill's Growth and Value Plan."