First published in 1989 and sponsored by international accountants and management consultants, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, this survey is a unique and reliable source of short-term trends in the UK financial services sector.
The published data now accounts for around 50% of the total employment within financial services and is used extensively by business analysts as a primary source of data for this increasingly diverse and complex sector.
This quarterly survey provides essential information for senior executives, partners and investment managers and covers a wide range of activity from banking and insurance through to securities trading and venture capital, picking up the major sectoral convergences as they evolve.
The survey includes:
Business volumes
Charges, costs and profitability
Employment
Investment in IT, marketing, training and Euro trading
Overseas vs domestic business
e-Business activity – b2b and b2c
An increasingly key indicator of trends
Over the coming months, the survey is likely to pick up key developments related to the Euro and the introduction of e-commerce.
A separate digest of the main survey information the Financial Services Bulletin, supplemented by their specialist sector knowledge, is published by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. This publication is available direct from PriceWaterhouseCoopers
All participants in the survey receive a free summary digest of results for their sector.
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