1. BMI Service Overview
Business Monitor International provides market analysis, projects databases, historical data and
10 year forecasts across the below:
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Country Risk (Economic & Political analysis)
Operational Risk
o Labour Market
o Logistics Risk
o Trade and Investment Risk
o Crime and Security
Industry Analysis for:
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Autos
Agribusiness
Commercial
Banking
Consumer
Electronics
Defence & Security
Food & Drink
Freight Transport
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Information
Technology
Infrastructure
Insurance
Medical Devices
Metals
Mining
Oil & Gas
Operational Risk
Petrochemicals
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Pharmaceuticals &
Healthcare
Power
Real Estate
Renewables
Retail
Shipping
Telecommunication
Tourism
Water
The following section provides a further breakdown of the Country Risk service (macroeconomic &
political) as well as what is covered across all our industry services:
Country Risk & Financial Markets Service:
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Quarterly Country Forecast Reports: In-depth country specific reviews and forecasts
detailing the macroeconomic, political and business environment. Risk and opportunities
analysis, regulatory environment and the impact and outlook on the main industries within
the country.
Daily News Analysis: Consistent flow of daily analysis of global, regional and national trends
and developments affecting the macro and political climate, be it asset class analysis or
broad macro-economic trends; roughly 60 articles are produced a day.
BMI Research, 4th Floor Senator, 85 queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4AB
Tel: +44 207 246 1376Mobile: +44 7545412636, Email: tmaybury@businessmonitor.com www.bmiresearch.com
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Monthly Regional/Country Updates: Monthly risk analysis of country focused issues in
regional publications, divided into Economic Risk, Political Risk, Business Environment Risk
and the latest hot topics and black swan events impacts on the region or country.
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Macroeconomic Forecasts: Monthly profile of country’s latest macro data with BMI
commentary, featuring 2-year, 5–year and 10-year forecasts, plus consensus and
government forecasts.
Macroeconomic database: Comprehensive database including historic indicators and
forecasts for each country (1990-2020); all data exportable along with industry data points
into Excel spreadsheets allowing for benchmarking and (multi)regional comparisons.
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Risk Ratings Service: Monthly country ratings covering short-term and long-term political
and economic; including systematic bullet point analysis for each area of risk for each
country – regionally contextualised.
Financial Markets Analysis: tracking movement and providing forecasts in currencies,
equities, interest rates and commodities.
Operational Risk Research Service
The service breaks down over four main areas:
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Labour Market – access to labour, and analysis of the quality of that labour force, costs and
its composition
Logistics Risk – assessing the ease with which companies can get goods and services
into/out of a country. Looks at the quality and extent of transport network, market size and
access to utilities
Trade and Investment – looking into the risk of potential government intervention, fiscal
factors, economic openness, financial market development and potential legal barriers
Crime and Security – looks at development and capability of security forces, terror threats
and foreign worker vulnerability
Quarterly research pieces that provide assessments on a country-by-country basis, of the
key ‘on-th-ground’ risk factors facing a company when they are looking to enter a market.
Operational Risk Scores and Indices allow for quick and transparent peer comparison of the
operational environment in a market
Operational Risk Databases allow clients to look across 170 markets at key risk data and
proprietary forecasts
BMI Research, 4th Floor Senator, 85 queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4AB
Tel: +44 207 246 1376Mobile: +44 7545412636, Email: tmaybury@businessmonitor.com www.bmiresearch.com
Industry Research Services
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Quarterly Country Specific Industry Forecast Reports: Providing market overviews; key
market developments, industry forecast scenarios, regulatory analysis, trends,
developments and the competitive landscape overview, company profiles of main industry
players.
Business Environment Rankings: provides a globally-comparative, numerically-based
assessment of the Risk/Return trade-off for each industry in each state covered in BMI
Reports. This unique matrix takes into account Business Monitor’s Long term political and
economic ratings and adds key industry considerations; giving a composite score for the
strength and competitiveness of the market within the industry.
Industry specific Forecasts: including historic data series and 5/10 year forecasts for all key
industry indicators, supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key opportunities and
downside risks to the main forecast.
Daily News Analysis (online or via bespoke email alerts): In-house, proprietary analysing,
assessing the implications of industry, legislative, regulatory, projects developments, M&A
activity, market growth potential and company trends & developments. Approximately 10
in-depth articles per day with an addition of 10 news briefs, include an explicit analysis on
the implications of the reported issue: how it will effect an economy, government policy,
price of a stock or impact on a sector segment
Company Analysis: Comprehensive competitive intelligence and company profiles, assessing
the direction and strategy of industry players.
Project Databases
Access to proprietary project databases, namely:
Oil & Gas
 Upstream Projects Database
 Global Refining Database
Infrastructure
 Key Projects Database
Power & Renewables
 Key Projects database
Telecommunications
 Mobile Operator Database
Mining
 Global Mines Database
BMI Research, 4th Floor Senator, 85 queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4AB
Tel: +44 207 246 1376Mobile: +44 7545412636, Email: tmaybury@businessmonitor.com www.bmiresearch.com
Pharmaceuticals
 Burden of Disease Database
 Project information includes the value or cost of construction, companies active in the
project and the size, timeframe, and status of the project
Data & Forecast Download Tool
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Access and ability to export industry specific data indicators to excel
5-10 year historic and forecast data
Chart Builder, enabling users to create, save and export their own visual representations of
our figures
Analyst Contact
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Contact our team directly via ‘Email the Analyst’ function online
Prearranged teleconference or face to face meetings / presentations; all inclusive with the
subscription
Special Reports
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Providing topical analysis across all sectors: for example, ‘Understanding UAE’s Regional
Healthcare Markets’
BMI Research, 4th Floor Senator, 85 queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4AB
Tel: +44 207 246 1376Mobile: +44 7545412636, Email: tmaybury@businessmonitor.com www.bmiresearch.com