Contact Facts & Figures Deutsch Company Divisions Alliances Corporate Responsibility News & Media Investor Relations Career Capital Market Orientation Investor Relations Financial Strategy Capital Market Orientation The unlisted Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA regards itself and conducts itself as a capital market-oriented company. Bertelsmann began making use of the financing opportunities offered by the capital market via bonds and profit participation certificateslong ago, to diversify its financing portfolio and to ensure its long-term financing. The fact that the company sets financial objectives in accordance with international standards, manages the company according to an economic value concept, and prepares accounts in accordance with IFRS shows that Bertelsmann is oriented towards the needs of listed companies and the requirements of the capital market in terms of transparency and disclosure. This also includes pursuing a policy of good Corporate Governance. The capital market orientation of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA is also supported by the fact that it had its credit rating published by Standard & Poor's and Moody's since 2002. Its Investor Relations services are an essential component of the company's capital market orientation. Recommend this page Financial Targets