Industry Participants Asked for Views on Demand for Data

Burton-Taylor International Consulting has launched its annual online survey of industry participants' views on the level of demand for financial data.

The survey, which can be found here, asks industry participants to forecast the percentage increase or decrease in the demand for data among different user groups, in different regions and for different data products. Respondents are being asked for their views on demand for data in both 2014 and 2015.

The survey has been conducted annually since 2010 and, in previous years, has accurately highlighted the growing demand for pricing and reference data, and the increase in spend on data for risk management.

Industry participants of all kinds, including data vendors, consumers and analysts, are invited to take part in the survey. The results will be made freely available.

In last year's survey, respondents predicted risk management products would show the highest organic revenue growth, followed by commodity and energy real-time desktop data, valuation data and pricing and reference data feeds.

Douglas B Taylor, Florida-based founder and managing partner of Burton-Taylor International Consulting, says respondents are usually "relative accurate, but conservative."