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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: S&P Global Ratings
Current Parent Company: S&P Global
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Penalty: $2,500,000
Year: 2022
Date: November 14, 2022
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Violation Description: The Securities and Exchange Commission charged S&P Global Ratings with violating conflict of interest rules designed to prevent sales and marketing considerations from influencing credit ratings.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: information services
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