S&P Global Platts
Pricing Methodologies
Since 1909, S&P Global Platts has been evolving rigorous methodologies for data gathering, mathematical analysis and specialist judgement to create price assessments that reflect a commodity’s true value.
S&P Global Platts
Since 1909, S&P Global Platts has been evolving rigorous methodologies for data gathering, mathematical analysis and specialist judgement to create price assessments that reflect a commodity’s true value.
our-methodologies provide consistency and robustness in our price assessments, through principles and parameters that guide our market specialists every moment of every day.
They’re embraced and implemented by our editorial team with relentless individual endeavour and unwavering focus on a global scale.
However, these systems are only brought to life by the extraordinary time and effort our people invest daily to bring transparency and fairness to the markets they serve.
Providing pricing leadership that is fair to all of the market, we are price neutral, editorially independent and fully transparent with our-methodologies and assessment calculations. Absolute integrity remains fundamental to everything we do and underpins the symbiotic relationship we have with the markets we serve.
Our specialists engage in ongoing dialogue with the market as it evolves, adapting our-methodologies based on market changes and feedback.
The S&P Global Platts Market on Close (MOC) methodology demands the greatest level of expertise and judgement from our market reporters because of the sheer depth of data they gather and assess.
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Our Survey methodology sees S&P Global Platts specialists contact buyers, sellers and brokers directly to discover deals, along with other significant information that informs price.
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Through our Index methodology market participants provide transactional data reports, often from a mid or back office, that our teams then analyze and collate into a rigorously tested volume weighted average.
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