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Subject: IT spending forecasts for financial service industry
Category: Business and Money > Economics
Asked by: ikoskela-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 15 Apr 2006 14:41 PDT
Expires: 15 May 2006 14:41 PDT
Question ID: 719266
I am looking for finacial service industry IT spending forecasts for
2007 and 2006. And historical IT spending data for 2005 and 2004.
Previous years would be nice as well.
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Subject: Re: IT spending forecasts for financial service industry
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 15 Apr 2006 15:37 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Ikoskela,

Below you will find the results of my research regarding IT spending
(forecasts and historical) for the financial service industry

IT SPENDING OF THE U.S. FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY BY SECTOR, 2004-2008

2004                           ($ billions)
Banking                         $47.6
Insurance                       $35.3
Securities and Investments      $30.1

2005                           ($ billions)
Banking                         $50.2
Insurance                       $36.4
Securities and Investments      $31.1

2008                           ($ billions) Projected
Banking                         $59.0
Insurance                       $42.2
Securities and Investments      $34.2

Source: TowerGroup

?Among all financial services segments, the banking industry is the
largest user of technology in the U.S., according to a TowerGroup
analysis. The sector is projected to account for 42 percent of total
2005 financial services IT spending. The insurance and
securities/investment sectors are projected to account for 31 percent
and 27 percent, respectively.?

?Consumer banking accounts for twice as large a share of bank IT
spending as the wholesale banking sector, which provides services to
financial institutions.?

Financial Services Fact Book
http://www.financialservicesfacts.org/financial2/technology/it/


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According to the 2006 IT Spending Outlook Teleconference, ?petroleum,
retail, financial services and media plan biggest IT budget increases
in 2006.?

Forrester Research
http://www.forrester.com/Events/Content/0,5180,-1285,00.ppt


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 ?IT spending in the financial services sector will grow 4.1 percent
annually from 2004 to 2009. Priorities will shift from the back office
to delivery and distribution channels, as well as front-office
spending.?

Gartner: August 2005
http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=130315


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2005 IT Spending Crossroads in the US Financial Services Industry

?In 2005, US FSIs will make $117.8 billion in IT investments,
representing a growth rate of 4.3% over 2004 and nearly $5 billion in
additional IT spending.?

The Tower Group
http://www.bai.org/bankingstrategies/2005-may-jun/FSISpendbrief.pdf


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Related information that might interest you:


A report by Forrester ? predicts tech spending growth will shrink from
7 percent increases in 2005 and 2006 to an anemic 2 percent growth in
2007, puts an historical spin on IT spending. Forrester notes that
when the GDP falls, tech spending falls even more. This will be
especially true now, while most companies are investing only in
technologies that offer tangible ROI, Forrester says. The firm expects
spending to rebound in 2008, as a new cycle of technology innovation
begins. Forrester predicts a new IT architecture stack will begin to
emerge, with cheap, virtualized hardware and network resources at the
bottom, shared software and services in the middle, and business
intelligence and interaction platforms ? not a cherry ? at the top.?
IT Business Edge
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=7719


Search terms used: 
"IT Spending" ?Financial Services Industry"
"IT Spending" " Financial Services " billion 2006 2007 2008
Financial Services IT Spending


I hope the information provided is helpful!


Best Regards,
Bobbie7

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 16 Apr 2006 14:32 PDT
2005: $361 billion 

2010: $450 billion 

"IT spending across all financial services sectors globally will reach
$361 billion in 2005 and will increase to approximately $450 billion
by 2010. The context around this growth reveals declining maintenance
expenditures for legacy IT and, consequently, additional spending
directed to new, differentiating IT investments. Firms that have
created interoperable infrastructures with third parties - both
internally and externally - will be the clear leaders in their
industry."

Wall Street & Technology 
Sept. 23, 2005
http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/news/compliance/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171200309

Request for Answer Clarification by ikoskela-ga on 16 Apr 2006 20:41 PDT
Good information. However, can you find anything specific to 2007?

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 16 Apr 2006 21:29 PDT
Thank you for your clarification. I'll resume my search and hopefully
I'll find 2007 figures.

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 16 Apr 2006 21:53 PDT
US financial IT spending to hit $60bn by 2007 - IDC

"Spending on IT by the US banking industry will reach $60 billion by
2007, according to forecasts from market intelligence firm IDC."

Finextra
http://www.finextra.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=9980
ikoskela-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
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