The Global Financial Services Industry is the most important cog in the wheel of commercial activity worldwide. The industry maintains the most vital functions of money flow and transactions worldwide which help propagate the circular nature of money and keep investment flows worldwide healthy for all its constituents with returns matching expectations or sometimes exceeding them as well.

The nature of this industry is akin to a fluid empire of massive financial strength which is a self contained system in itself ensuring its growth, implementing integrity standards and meeting cost driven objectives in order to present maximum financial gain to its users & providers.

Aruvian's R'search analyzes The Financial Services Industry Worldwide in Michael Porter’s Five Forces Analysis. It uses concepts developed in Industrial Organization (IO) economics to derive five forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Porter referred to these forces as the microenvironment, to contrast it with the more general term macro-environment. They consist of those forces close to a company that affect its ability to serve its customers and make a profit. A change in any of the forces normally requires a company to re-assess the marketplace.

A. Executive Summary

B. Introduction to the Industry
B.1 Industry Definition
B.2 Industry Profile
B.3 Industry Segmentation
B.4 Future Outlook

C. Porter’s Five Forces Strategy Analysis
C.1 Bargaining Power of Buyers
C.2 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
C.3 Competitive Rivalry in the Industry
C.4 Threat of New Entrants
C.5 Threat of Substitutes

D. Conclusion

E. Glossary of Terms