We also see the results our clients achieve with TRG Screen solutions – real, repeatable value. They cut wasted spend, free up time and reduce risk. What we wanted was a clear, objective way to quantify that impact.
So, we decided to take a closer look.
Our goal was straightforward: to clearly understand where real business value is being created and to get an independent look at value being delivered to TRG Screen clients.
Why? Because it’s one thing for us to say it and to know instinctively that we deliver real business value for our clients. It’s another to have an outside firm do their own assessment.
That meant taking an independent, evidence-based look inside real market data programs, before and after firms adopt a proactive approach with TRG Screen solutions.
Just as importantly, we wanted to give firms a practical way to explore that impact for themselves, based on their own market data estate. A way to explore what their own ROI could be, based on real-world results.
To do this, we engaged Hobson & Company, an independent firm specializing in ROI analysis, to speak directly with our clients.
They conducted structured interviews and analyzed real program data to understand:
The output is a grounded, reality-driven, qualitative and quantitative assessment of how market data management performs in the real world – based on what firms were doing, what changed, and what outcomes followed.
The analysis highlighted a common set of challenges across organizations. Firms were generally aware that market data was complex and costly.
What was less visible were the cumulative effects of limited visibility and governance across their market data program. Among them:
None of these issues are unusual on their own. But, together, they create meaningful financial and operational drag that’s difficult to see without end-to-end visibility.
Once firms moved away from spreadsheets and disconnected tools and adopted purpose-built technology for spend, usage and exchange compliance management, the impact was immediate. Across the organizations studied, market data spend fell by an average of 10% after implementing our technology.
At the same time, significant internal capacity was created. Time previously consumed by renewals, reconciliations and reporting fell by as much as 50%, allowing teams to focus on higher-value work.
This is where the return on investment comes from.
Not from cutting market data indiscriminately, but from investing in the right tools to see, manage and govern it properly.
When Hobson & Company quantified the impact, the results showed that firms achieved triple-digit ROI, with one example delivering 224% over three years and a 5.3-month payback.
The next step was to make this practical.
Working with Hobson & Company, we built an interactive ROI calculator based on the same analysis and methodology used in the study.
It allows organizations to model their own market data environment, apply their own numbers and see where savings, efficiency gains and risk reduction could realistically be achieved.
Most teams believe they have a reasonable handle on their market data estate, but the analysis suggests many don’t… until they can see it end to end.
If you want to explore what proactive market data management could mean for your organization, we’d encourage you to:
It’s a practical way to understand what’s possible, based on real client outcomes.