Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor’s business and global leader in delivering financial data and analysis, announced the opening of two new office facilities in Hyderabad and Gurgaon, India.

The offices will consolidate Capital IQ?s current Indian operations and provide space to significantly expand the company?s overall employee base in Southeast Asia.

?The globalization of the financial markets has created a strong demand for essential information, analysis and insight that help market participants make better decisions and achieve positive outcomes,? said Harold McGraw III, chairman, president and chief executive officer of The McGraw-Hill Companies, which is the parent company of Standard & Poor?s.

McGraw visited the new facility in Gurgaon today as part of a weeklong trip to India to further deepen McGraw-Hill?s relationships with customers, partners, employees and policymakers.

Capital IQ?s current Hyderabad operations will relocate to an office building located in the heart of ?HITEC City? in Hyderabad. This facility will house the largest and most advanced fundamental research and data collection operation in the world, with well over 3,500 employees focused on building high quality data products. Capital IQ?s new facility in Gurgaon will consolidate research, data collection, sales, and quality assurance operations as well as allow for expanded hiring efforts.

Capital IQ clients in Southeast Asia will now have better access to sales, technical support, and a wealth of global data sets vital to the everyday workflow of financial professionals.