S&P Capital IQ provides multi-asset class and real time data, research, and analytics to institutional investors, investment and commercial banks, investment advisors and wealth managers, corporations, and universities around the world. It offers information focusing on financials and valuation, qualitative data, global market data, sell-side research and estimates, news and events, fixed income, alpha and risk models, credit risk solutions, credit ratings and research, investment research, reference data services, security valuation and pricing, real-time solutions, and global market intelligence. The company provides a suite of capabilities that enable to generate ideas and targets, build and maintain models, monitor markets and companies, monitor corporate results, analyze portfolio performance, streamline quantitative research, create and update presentations, distribute proprietary research, enhance internal rating system, make investment recommendations, manage risk and exposure, assess portfolio risk and value, and analyze multi-asset scenarios, as well as manage workflow, contacts, and data. Its customers include research firms, investment managers, private equity firms, government agencies, consultants and advisors, and sales and trading markets. S&P Capital IQ was formerly known as Capital IQ, Inc. and changed its name to S&P Capital IQ in September 2011. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, New York. S&P Capital IQ operates as a subsidiary of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.