Worldwide Capital Markets 2006-2011 Spending Forecast and Analysis

This Financial Insights report provides estimates for worldwide capital markets spending from 2006 to 2011. It provides regional and company size (tier) breakdowns of the total spending for 2006 and 2011. This report also provides an overview of the major issues and initiatives facing capital markets in the next five years related to IT spending.

"Capital markets IT spending growth has reached a plateau," explains Damon Kovelsky, senior analyst in the Capital Markets group at Financial Insights. "Firms have come to realize that the extreme growth of the 1990s was unsustainable, and the negative growth at the beginning of the 21st century was just unhealthy."