Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A delegation of Standard and Poors (S&P) Rating Services paid a courtesy call on President Joko Widodo at the Merdeka Palace, here, Tuesday.

The six-member S&P delegation comprised Managing Director, Global Head of Sovereigns & International Public Finance Guy Deslondes; Managing Director and Lead Analytical Manager, Sovereign Ratings Anna Hughes; Director, Sovereigns and International Public Finance Kyran Curry; Associate Director, Sovereign & International Public Finance Ratings Yeefarn Phua; Director, Public Sector & Development Organizations, Corporate & Institutional Client, ASEAN, Standard Chartered Bank Scott Wong; and S&P Global Ratings economist Vincent Conti.

The Indonesian head of state was accompanied by Minister/State Secretary Pratikno, Trade Minister Thomas Lembong, Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro, Governor of Bank Indonesia Agus Martowardojo, and Chairman of the Investment Coordinating Board Franky Sibarani.

S&P Global Ratings is a financial services company from the United States. It is a division of McGraw Hill Financial that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds. S&P is known for its stock market indices, such as the US-based S&P 500, the Canadian S&P/TSX, and the Australian S&P/ASX 200.

Its head office is located on 55 Water Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

S&P is considered one of the "Big Three" credit-rating agencies, which also include Moodys Investor Service and Fitch Ratings.(*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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