SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Financial Information by Segment

		Year Ended December 31,
		2015								2014
		MIS		MA		Eliminations		Consolidated		MIS		MA		Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenue		$	2,427.7	$	1,163.4	$	(106.6)	$	3,484.5	$	2,353.4	$	1,081.8	$	(100.9)	$	3,334.3
Operating, SG&A			1,120.3		883.9		(106.6)		1,897.6		1,076.2		824.3		(100.9)		1,799.6
	Adjusted Operating Income		1,307.4		279.5		-		1,586.9		1,277.2		257.5		-		1,534.7
	Less:Depreciation and amortization
			66.0		47.5		-		113.5		49.4		46.2		-		95.6
Operating income		$	1,241.4	$	232.0	$	-	$	1,473.4	$	1,227.8	$	211.3	$	-	$	1,439.1
										Year Ended December 31,
										2013
										MIS		MA		Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenue										$	2,150.2	$	913.3	$	(91.0)	$	2,972.5
Operating, SG&A											1,034.0		701.5		(91.0)		1,644.5
	Adjusted Operating Income										1,116.2		211.8		-		1,328.0
	Less:Depreciation and amortization										46.7		46.7		-		93.4
Operating income										$	1,069.5	$	165.1	$	-	$	1,234.6

Revenue by Line of Business within Each Rreportable Segment

		Year Ended December 31,
		2015		2014		2013
MIS:
Corporate finance (CFG)		$	1,112.7	$	1,109.3	$	996.8
Structured finance (SFG)			449.1		426.5		382.5
Financial institutions (FIG)			365.6		354.7		338.8
Public, project and infrastructure finance (PPIF)			376.4		357.3		341.3
	Total ratings revenue		2,303.8		2,247.8		2,059.4
MIS Other			30.4		18.0		12.2
	Total external revenue		2,334.2		2,265.8		2,071.6
Intersegment royalty			93.5		87.6		78.6
	Total		2,427.7		2,353.4		2,150.2
MA:
Research, data and analytics (RD&A)			626.4		571.8		519.8
Enterprise risk solutions (ERS)			374.0		328.5		262.5
Professional services (PS)			149.9		168.2		118.6
	Total external revenue		1,150.3		1,068.5		900.9
Intersegment revenue			13.1		13.3		12.4
	Total		1,163.4		1,081.8		913.3
Eliminations			(106.6)		(100.9)		(91.0)
	Total MCO	$	3,484.5	$	3,334.3	$	2,972.5

Consolidated Revenue and Long-Lived Assets Information by Geographic Area

		Year Ended December 31,
		2015		2014		2013
Revenue:
U.S.		$	2,009.0	$	1,814.5	$	1,626.5
International:
	EMEA		882.3		952.8		862.8
	Asia-Pacific		364.2		338.3		286.1
	Americas		229.0		228.7		197.1
	Total International		1,475.5		1,519.8		1,346.0
Total		$	3,484.5	$	3,334.3	$	2,972.5
Long-lived assets at December 31:
United States		$	657.5	$	657.6	$	552.3
International			924.3		1,011.3		613.2
Total		$	1,581.8	$	1,668.9	$	1,165.5