Market data user profiling

Evaluate market data user profiles

Effective market data management starts with knowing your user base! Profiling can help financial institutions manage their market data costs and gain greater control by challenging market data requests and reducing market data vendor dependencies.

Procurement teams aim to benefit from profiles during their negotiations with vendors where market data analysts tend to use these profiles in their demand discussions with end users.

Our user profiles include

Market data user profiling visualizes data needs and challenges misconceptions and preconceptions around market data services. It also advises on alternative services which may not have previously been considered.

Functional user profile

Example: Functional scoring high tier terminals versus a specific user profile

Data user profile

Example: Data scoring high tier terminals versus a specific user profile

The advantage of a profiling exercise is that it very quickly delivers impartial results and confronts users immediately with their level of sophistication by which they make use of the services on their desk.