Abstract
Overview
Introduction
Technology markets are changing fast. This brief is essential reading for you to identify and track the key forces shaping the prospects for your business. In this piece, Datamonitor' s senior analyst specializing in financial markets will outline the trends in your market, explain how this has shaped our research agenda for 2008
Scope
- Focuses on Nth American and Europe with global market implications.
- Explores how business trends and institution strategies across this industry are driving IT priorities, decision making and technology investment.
Report Highlights
Datamonitor expects the key areas of focus given the continuing fall out from the sub prime crisis to be a focus on risk management policies and solutions. Efficiency gains will be sought through re-engineering of existing infrastructure as a more risk averse climate descends.
Reasons to Purchase
- This brief is essential reading for you to identify and track the key forces shaping the prospects for your business.
- Datamonitor' s senior analyst will outline the trends in your market, explain how this has shaped our research agenda for 2008.
Table of Contents
- DATAMONITOR VIEW
- CATALYST
- SUMMARY
- 2008 TRENDS TO WATCH: FINANCIAL MARKETS
- There will be a further shift from from debt to commodities as the
credit crunch continues.
- Volatility in debt and equity markets will ensure continued price support for commodities
- The search for latency reductions is driving exchange investment
- Opportunities abound as new markets continue to develop
- Sub prime fallout will shift IT spend from revenue growth to efficiency
led programs
- Strong spending on AML/fraud regimes solutions throughout 2008
- Launch of SEPA will see consolidation and standardization of corporate
cash management across Europe.
- The path to SEPA and its implications
- As payments borders come down in Europe, so the opportunities for fraud will increase
- The benefits of the EMV directive are showing
- As payments borders come down in Europe, so the opportunities for fraud will increase
- There will be a further shift from from debt to commodities as the
credit crunch continues.
- DATAMONITORS TAKE
- APPENDIX
- Definitions
- Methodology
- Further reading
- Ask the analyst
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Intercontinental Exchange monthly volumes 2005 to 2007
- Figure 2: Commodities Board of Research Price Index
- Figure 3: Key IT investment areas
- Figure 4: Fraud detection and monitoring are seen as the key areas to to limit risk of default within FI
- Figure 5: Payments priorities
















