The 21-slide PDF is a presentation on the offerings of Business Monitor International (BMI). The reference source is the official BusinessMonitor website. The details include: Company history, key personnel, geographical markets and industries covered, links to various microsites, BMI's business edge, and a brief overview of the country risk and industry and company intelligence reports from BMI.

1. Business Monitor International (BMI):
An Introduction
Source: BusinessMonitor.com
With a corporate mission to be the world No.1 Independent
Information Provider on Country Risk and Industry Research,
BMI's client-base already spans across 140 countries
worldwide, including over 400 of the Global Fortune 500
companies.
For 25 years, BMI's analysis, data and forecasts have been
relied upon by businesses, banks, financial service
companies, governments, academia and research centers.
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2. BMI History
 1984: Founding | BMI was founded by Richard Londesborough and Jonathan Feroze,
the company's joint CEOs who both continue to play active roles. BMI is today
recognized as a leading source of specialist news analysis, data and forecasts on
Country Risk (political, economic, business and financial risk) and Industry Research
across the globe, with a strong emphasis on emerging markets.
 August 22, 2012: Espicom Acquisition | BMI has strengthened its pharmaceutical and
medtech portfolio with acquisition of Espicom Business Intelligence. The acquisition
has brought Espicom's wide-range of information and business intelligence services
for the global healthcare industries.
 September 9, 2011: Strategic alliance with Solidiance in Asia | BMI formed a strategic
alliance with Solidiance in Asia, for bridging and connecting BMI's systematic market
research, ratings and forecasts with Solidiance's bespoke consulting services, both of
which serve the top 1,000 multinationals operating in the region.
 September 9, 2009: Substantial Investment by Spectrum Equity Investors | BMI
received a substantial, non-controlling equity investment from Spectrum Equity
Investors, for accelerating the expansion of BMI's portfolio of services, and promoting
BMI’s global expansion strategy.
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3. BMI: Key Personnel
Richard Londesborough
CEO
Jonathan Feroze
CEO
Simon Longfield, CFO
Terence Alexander, Head of Country
Risk & Industry Research
Stephen Potter, CIO
Simon Elgar, Director of Marketing
Matthew Brooks, Head of Strategic
Analysis & Product Development
Diane Milliard, Head of Human
Resources & Recruitment
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4. Proven Expertise: Read our enviable Track Record to see how our
forecasts precisely match with the business results
BMI Advantage: The subsequent slides show BMI’s edge in terms of
versatility, geography, country risk expertise, industry intelligence,
company data, financial markets, and special offerings.
Diverse Talent: Highly skilled analysts' team work in tandem with
political scientists, economists, and experienced financial market
analysts.
Why BMI?
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5. BMI Edge: Versatility
 Global Geography
Global Market | Regional | Country-Specific
 Formats
Online | CD-ROMs | Online | Regional Monitors | Email Products
 Frequency
Daily Alerts | Weekly Market Reports| Monthly Insights and Monitors|
Quarterly Forecasts | Annual Reports| 2-Year, 5-Year, and 10-year
Publications
 Perspectives
Country risks | Companies | Industries | Financial Markets
 Publication Types
Business Forecasts | Company and Industry Reports | Insights | Regional
Monitors | Special Reports | Databases
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6. BMI Edge: Company Reports
• Global Company Intelligence: Latest research
data on 141,000 senior executives at 43,000
leading multinational companies across
emerging markets worldwide
• Global Competitive Intelligence: Profiles of
leading players in 6 major industries across 96
key emerging markets
• Company Reports: Independent, in-depth
assessment of country-specific performance and
strategy information of over 60,000 companies
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7. BMI Edge: Industry Verticals
Industry-Specific Sites
• AutoInsight.com:
• PharmaceuticalsInsight.com
• TelecomInsight.com
• FoodAndDrinkInsight.com
• OilAndGasInsight.com
Vertical Coverage
• 24 Individual Industry verticals
covered through a portfolio of
services, including Daily Alerts,
monthly regional Insights, and
in-depth quarterly Country
Sector Reports.
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8. Automotives
Commercial
Banking
Agribusiness
Consumer
Electronics
Defense
& Security
Food & Drink
Freight
Transport
Information
Technology
Infrastructure Insurance Medical
Devices
Metals Mining Oil & Gas Petrochemicals
Pharma &
Healthcare
Power
Real Estate
Renewables Retail Shipping Telecom Tourism Water
BMI Edge: 24 Industries
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9. BMI Edge: Financial Markets
• Metrics include daily analysis and forecasts on all regional asset classes, available in the
following products:
– Daily Financial Alert – A daily email product analyzing both short and long-term financial
market trends, detailing specific trade ideas. This analysis is backed up by an in-depth
assessment of economic and political developments across the world and our leading
macroeconomic forecasts.
– Emerging Markets Monitor – Weekly publication assembling key global financial market
views and developments, also featuring BMI's Sovereign Risk Ratings.
– Corporate Financing Week – Weekly publication containing news and analysis on mergers &
acquisitions, corporate financing activity and private equity across global markets.
– Global Macro Monitor – BMI's flagship monthly publication, contains all our key global macro
and financial markets views and forecasts, as well as our key commodity views and
forecasts.
• Methodology: BMI's follows a rigorous three-step process:
– Fundamental Analysis
– Technical Analysis
– Sentiment Analysis
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10. BMI Edge: Country Risk
 Metrics
 Comprehensive analysis and forecasts on economic, political and business environment developments in
175 countries across the world.
 97 quarterly Business Forecast Reports analyzing the latest economic and political developments, together
with 10-year forecasts, with key focus areas such as: Real GDP growth, monetary policy, exchange rates,
the balance of payments, foreign debt and FDI.
 26 monthly Monitors, incorporated with our very latest 2-year forecasts across a dozen key indicators, as
well as BMI's view of the latest developments affecting all regional economies.
 Methodology
 Based on a qualitative and quantitative approach, BMI's rigorous and systematic analysis of key
macroeconomic trends on a country-by-country basis is combined with an in-house econometric model to
benchmark and stress-test research findings. In coherence with a top-down global macro and global asset
class view, a more holistic insight is provided on the individual country’s economy. A Complementary
Commodities service provides short-term targets, medium-term forecasts, views and analysis on over 16 key
commodities, including oil, industrial and precious metals, softs and grains.
 Country Risk sites:
 Asia Monitor
 Emerging Europe Monitor
 Latin America Monitor
 Middle East & Africa Monitor
 Risk Watchdog
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11. BMI: Geographical Expanse
Forecasts and rankings of 175 Country markets worldwide
segmented into the following 6 geographic regions:
1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Caribbean
4. Europe
5. Latin America
6. Middle East
7. North America
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12. Africa
Countries Covered
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon,
Cape Verde, Central African Rep.,
Chad, Congo, Congo, Dem. Rep.,
Cote d`Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi,
Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria,
Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe,
Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,
Somalia, South Africa, Sudan,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia,
Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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13. Asia
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh,
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China,
East Timor, Hong Kong, India,
Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, North
Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea,
Philippines, Singapore, South Korea,
Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Countries Covered
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14. Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba,
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda,
Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Grenada,
Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica,
Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands
Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent,
Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks
and Caicos Islands, British Virgin
Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Caribbean
Countries Covered
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15. Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Georgia, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Mongolia,
Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan,
Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United
Kingdom, Uzbekistan.
Europe
Countries Covered
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16. Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela.
Latin America
Countries Covered
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17. Bahrain
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emirates
West Bank and Gaza
Yemen
Middle East
Countries Covered
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18. Canada and United States
North America
Countries Covered
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19. BMI Edge: Special Offerings
 Special Reports: A series of Ad-Hoc reports with in-depth, granular
analysis of key industry and market events as they happen.
 DNA Toolkit is BMI‘s proprietary daily news analysis (DNA) that is
deployed onto corporate and departmental intranets for customized
news and views across the enterprise.
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20. BMI: FAQ Links
Pricing and Payment
BMI's Money-Back Guarantee
Formats and Delivery
Communications
Contact Details
Legal
Media Enquiries
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21. Business Monitor International
(BMI)
Thank You
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