May 15, 2019 / 08:30AM GMT
Manav Shiv Patnaik - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division - Director & Lead Research Analyst
We'll get to start it on time. Thank you for being here again. For those of you who just walked in, I'm Manav Patnaik, Barclays' business services analyst. And we're very happy to have with us again this year, Ewout, CFO of S&P. So thank you for being here, Ewout.
Questions and Answers:
Manav Shiv Patnaik - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division - Director & Lead Research AnalystMaybe we can just start with everyone's favorite topic on the Ratings business. And we obviously had a rough end to last year in terms of issuance. It's been relatively much more stable this year. But can you just talk a little bit about your outlook on what you've seen year-to-date and how you think the rest of the year shapes up?
Ewout Lucien Steenbergen - S&P Global Inc. - Executive VP & CFO
Yes. And always a pleasure to talk about issuance. And fortunately, we are seeing less and less questions about issuance during