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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.