The online investment market is the most exciting and fastest growing segment in the UK financial services market.

Considerable market development by well-funded players has seen the number of accounts grow from 38,000 in the third quarter of 1999 to more than 300,000 accounts at the end of September 2000 representing nearly 800% growth in the past year.

Early growth has been driven by experienced investors converting from offline to online services. However, online trading is attracting new investors with more than one in six new accounts in the UK being opened by consumers with no previous share ownership experience.

The Internet is poised to revolutionise the retail financial services market. By 2004, online investing will become the most popular way to buy shares and equity products in the UK.

Description:

The most comprehensive report ever produced on one of the fastest growing areas in the UK financial services market: The Online Investing Market. Presenting industry analysis, market forecasts and unprecedented consumer research. Covering: 

• Latest UK consumer Internet investment trends; including investor demographics, preferences and behaviour
• Detailed comparative analysis of Internet-based and offline investors
• In-depth competitor analysis featuring profiles, strategies and service offerings for leading players and potential UK and foreign entrants
• Current and future market developments in online and offline investing
• Market growth forecasts and drivers of growth

Allegra Strategies presents its cutting-edge findings following an in-depth six-month study.

Sources of information:

• 60 in-depth interviews with industry leaders including: MDs, e-commerce, marketing, IT and business development directors and financial analysts, within leading Internet-based and traditional stockbrokers, investment banks, fund managers, stock exchanges and trade associations
• 920 in-depth interviews with UK investors across the UK (completed July-September 2000)
• Desk research including: trade press, company financials, Internet research 

Date of Publication: 27th September 2000

Number of pages: 393