Research and Markets: Providing the First Forecasts of Market Data Vendor Revenue and User Accesses for 2005

Dublin (PRWEB) July 2, 2005 -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c20042) has announced the addition of The Financial Market Data Industry: A Market Sizing and Forecast to its offerings.

This report provides an exclusive market sizing of the financial market data industry for 2004 and the first forecasts of market data vendor revenue and user accesses for 2005.

The industry shows no signs of forcefully breaking out of its malaise that started with the end of the dot-com bubble era in April 2000 and the subsequent ongoing retrenchment of the financial services industry.

This report provides breakdowns of revenues and data accesses for major financial market data revenues by major geographic regions for the years 2003 and 2004 based on our own research methods and an exclusive forecast of market data revenue performance for the 2005 calendar year, along with an analysis of the overall performance of the financial market data sector, an analysis of why and how each of the major market data vendors is performing and recommendations on what market data vendors will have to do to perform more effectively in the years ahead.

Focus
An evaluation of current and projected global financial market data vendors' revenues and market share, based on data obtained by us from primary research via unique sources and secondary research.

Audience
Financial analysts and competitive intelligence specialists covering major market data vendors are the primary targets of this report, but all executives trying to get well-researched data on the financial market data industry will find the report useful.

Content
Summaries, breakdowns and analysis of the 2004 financial market data industry revenues and vendor market share for major vendors(Bloomberg, Reuters, Telerate, Thomson Financial and Others), with global revenues by market tier, global revenues and accesses by vendor, vendor revenues by global region and monthly revenues per access by vendor, an analysis of major trends and market conditions impacting growth in financial market data services and a forecast for 2005 of global revenues and accesses by vendor, vendor revenues by global region and monthly revenues per access by vendor. Includes analysis of the announced acquisition of Telerate by Reuters.

Use
An up-to-date evaluation of the financial and competitive prospects by one of the most experienced and well-placed analysts covering the industry. This report provides timely data and insights that can be used immediately by executives to evaluate competitive strength and positioning of major market data vendors and the growing strength of alternatives for financial market data available to major financial institutions.

Contents include:
1. Report Profile
2. Executive Summary
3. Background and Methodology
4. Tiers Are Important
5. Global Results for 2004
6. What the Vendors Face
7. Global Research Analyst Settlement & Soft Dollaring
8. 2005 Forecast
8.1 Bloomberg
8.2 Reuters
8.3 Thomson Financial
8.4 Telerate
8.5 Other Vendors
9. Conclusion and Recommendations
10. Appendix A -- 2003 Global Revenue Totals
11. About the Author
12. About Us

Tables and Figures
Table 1. Market Data Industry Revenue by Market Tier
Table 2. Market Data Industry Revenue by Global Region
Table 3. Market Data Industry Revenue by Monthly Accesses
Table 4. New York Stock Exchange Revenues
Table 5. World Federation of Exchanges Revenues
Table 6. 2005 Market Data Vendor Forecast -- Global Totals
Table 7. 2003 Market Data Vendors -- Global Totals

Figure 1. Global Estimates of Financial Market Data Industry Growth

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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
fax: +353 1 4100 980

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