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Credit & Financial Information Market: 2007 Market Forecast and Trends Report

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Author: Kate Worlock, Director, Market Intelligence Service

This Market Analysis provides an unparalleled view of the Credit & Financial Information (C&F) marketplace, drawing extensively from Outsell’s unique industry metrics and analytics, original research and studies of users and information professionals, and the deep experience of our analytical staff. It includes:

- Outsell’s 2007-2010 size and growth forecast for the information industry as a whole and for the C&F segment;
- Analysis of trends and challenges facing the C&F market;
- Outsell’s take on the competitive landscape and “rising stars” in the Credit & Financial Information segment;
- 2006 market size and share data for the top 50 Credit & Financial Information companies;
- Outsell data about users of C&F services, including their unmet needs and criteria for purchasing information;
- Essential actions for Credit & Financial Information players.

Pub Date: November 15, 2007
Pages: 51
Format: PDF Application_pdf

Table of Contents

  • Why This Market Analysis?
  • Executive Summary
  • Market Overview
    1. Industry Forecast
    2. Credit & Financial Information Market Size and Historic Growth
    3. Credit & Financial Information Segment Revenue Performance and Composition
  • Leading Players
    1. Global Market Share
    2. Financial Health
  • Competitive Landscape
    1. Factors Impacting Share - Credit Information
    2. Factors Impacting Share - Financial Information
    3. Future Market Leaders and Rising Stars
    4. Rising Stars
  • Market Dynamics & Demand Drivers
    1. Profile of Credit & Financial Information Users
  • Essential Actions
  • Related Research
  • Methodology
  • Appendix

    • Tables & Figures

  • Figure 1. Credit & Financial Information and Information Industry Forecast, 2007-2010
  • Table 1. Size of Credit & Financial Information Market Compared to Other Information Industry Segments
  • Figure 2. Share of Total Information Industry Revenue, 2006
  • Figure 3. Credit & Financial Information Market Size and Growth, 2002-2006
  • Table 2. Revenue Performance of Top 10 Credit & Financial Information Vendors by Size, 2004-2006
  • Table 3. Top 10 Credit & Financial Information Companies – Geography
  • Table 4. Top 10 Credit & Financial Information Companies – Content Format
  • Table 5. Top 10 Credit & Financial Information Companies – Buyer Markets
  • Table 6. Top 10 Credit & Financial Information Companies – Revenue Source
  • Table 7. Top 10 Credit & Financial Information Companies – Content Models
  • Table 8. Top 25 Credit & Financial Information Companies
  • Figure 4. Top 10 Credit & Financial Information Companies – Growth and Market Share
  • Figure 5. Top 7 Public Credit & Financial Information Companies’ Quarterly Revenue Change over Prior Year
  • Figure 6. Top 7 Public Credit & Financial Information Companies’ Quarterly Operating Income Change over Prior Year
  • Figure 7. 2006 Credit & Financial Information Companies’ Equities Price Growth Rate Comparisons
  • Figure 8. 2006 Organic Growth versus M&A for Six Leading Public Credit & Financial Information Companies
  • Figure 9. Outsell’s Credit & Financial Information Leader Board – Mapping the Companies Positioned to Lead
  • Table 9. Information Users at a Glance
  • Figure 10. Attitudes toward Fee vs. Free Information
  • Figure 11. Search Failure Rate
  • Table 10. Where Self-Seekers Go for Information
  • Figure 12. Finance – Satisfaction with Information Sources
  • Table 11. Top 50 Credit & Financial Information Companies

    • Companies Mentioned

  • A. M. Best Company, Inc.
  • American Bankers Association
  • Asian Company Profiles Ltd.
  • Bankrate, Inc.
  • Bisnode
  • Bloomberg L.P.
  • BURGEL Wirtschaftsinformationen GmbH & Co. KG
  • Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
  • Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.
  • ChoicePoint Inc.
  • Coface
  • Companies House
  • CRIF SpA
  • CSC Credit Services
  • Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT)
  • Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
  • Deutsche Borse AG
  • Dow Jones & Company
  • Equifax Inc.
  • Euronext N.V.
  • Experian Group Limited
  • FactSet Research Systems Inc.
  • Fair Isaac Corporation
  • Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
  • Fitch, Inc.
  • Graydon Holding NV
  • Groupe Fininfo
  • Interactive Data Corporation
  • ISO Properties, Inc.
  • Kroll Factual Data, Inc.
  • LexisNexis
  • London Stock Exchange plc
  • Moody's Corporation
  • Morningstar, Inc.
  • MSCI Barra
  • New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (NYSE)
  • Reed Elsevier
  • Reuters Group PLC
  • RiskMetrics Group
  • SCHUFA Holding AG
  • SNL Financial LC
  • Standard & Poor's
  • Teikoku Databank Ltd. (Takeo, K. K.)
  • Telekurs Financial Information, Ltd.
  • The D&B Corporation
  • The Financial Times Ltd.
  • The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
  • Thomson Financial
  • TransUnion LLC
  • Verband der Vereine Creditreform e.V.
  • Xinhua Finance Ltd.

Companies Mentioned

  1. A. M. Best Company, Inc.
  2. American Bankers Association
  3. Asian Company Profiles Ltd.
  4. Bankrate, Inc.
  5. Bisnode AB
  6. Bloomberg L.P.
  7. BURGEL Wirtschaftsinformationen GmbH & Co. KG
  8. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
  9. Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.
  10. ChoicePoint Inc.
  11. Coface
  12. Companies House
  13. CRIF SpA
  14. CSC Credit Services
  15. Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT)
  16. Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
  17. Deutsche Borse AG
  18. Dow Jones & Company
  19. Equifax Inc.
  20. Euronext N.V.
  21. Experian plc
  22. FactSet Research Systems Inc.
  23. Fair Isaac Corporation
  24. Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
  25. Fitch, Inc.
  26. Graydon Holding NV
  27. Groupe Fininfo
  28. Interactive Data Corporation
  29. ISO Properties, Inc.
  30. Kroll Factual Data, Inc.
  31. LexisNexis
  32. London Stock Exchange plc
  33. Moody's Corporation
  34. Morningstar, Inc.
  35. MSCI Barra
  36. New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (NYSE)
  37. Reed Elsevier
  38. Reuters
  39. RiskMetrics Group
  40. SCHUFA Holding AG
  41. SNL Financial LC
  42. Standard & Poor's
  43. Teikoku Databank Ltd. (Takeo, K. K.)
  44. Telekurs Financial Information, Ltd.
  45. The D&B Corporation
  46. The Financial Times Ltd.
  47. The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
  48. Thomson Financial
  49. TransUnion LLC
  50. Verband der Vereine Creditreform e.V.
  51. Xinhua Finance Ltd.