Informa Research Services

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name = Informa Research Services, Inc.

type = Corporation
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foundation = 1983
founder = Alan Meyer
location_city = Calabasas
location_country = United States
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industry = Finance and Market Research
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num_employees = 200+
parent = Informa plc
divisions = Professional
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slogan = "Service and Accuracy First. First in Service and Accuracy."
homepage = [http://www.informars.com/ Informa Research Services]
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Informa Research Services is a United States-based market research company that primarily serves financial services organizations nationwide. Informa Research Services provides competitive intelligence, market research, and mystery shopping services to the financial industry. The company gathers competitive product information, branch experience measurements, and consumer opinions. They deliver market information, analysis, and targeted recommendations. [http://www.bai.org/NL/v1/N26/articles/V1_N26_01.asp]

Informa Research Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Informa plc (Lse|INF), an international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional and commercial business communities. [http://www.informa.com/divisions/professional/informa_research_services]

History

In 1983, Informa Research Services was originally launched as Meyer Interest Rate Survey. In 1993, the company was purchased by the BISYS Group. The same management team led the company to further successes and increased growth. New divisions were developed as new areas of research and the resulting products became in high demand.

In June of 2000, the company was purchased by Informa plc and was renamed Informa Research Services, Inc. The resulting success came from an increased focus on new research areas and enhanced technology systems and solutions. [http://informars.com/main/Company/CorporateHistory.aspx]

For more than 25 years, Informa Research Services has provided their clients market intelligence on financial products and customer experience. Informa’s analysts leverage their competitive data and customer experience data to bring clients a complete 360 degree picture. The company is well-known for their ability to conduct high-level studies and gap analytics, putting the power of market intelligence to work for their clients.

Currently, the company serves more than 5,000 clients including all of the nation’s top 25 banks. An earned reputation for extreme accuracy and enthusiastic customer service keeps clients renewing services year after year. [http://informars.com/main/Company/CorporateIntro.aspx]

Acquisitions

In the past 25 years, Informa Research Services has made more than ten major competitor acquisitions. Their most recent acquisitions are Barry Leeds & Associates, Inc., in 2003, Market Trends, Inc., in 2004, and Moorthy, Riggs and Associates, in 2005. [http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/marketing-advertising/5528439-1.html]

Products

Media Partnerships

Informa Research Services' financial product data is available to consumers at most of the Internet's top financial portals. Consumers are able to search for the best rates on mortgage, consumer, and auto loans as well as credit cards and deposit products.

This data can be found on:
* [http://realestate.yahoo.com/California/Los_Angeles/loans;_ylt=Ah0qcA9O6Xd_IG7cwqbVscekF7kF Yahoo! Real Estate]
* [http://moneycentral.msn.com/loan/loan.aspx?iType=1 MSN Money]
* [http://quicken.intuit.com/?pindex=0&sindex=0&cindex=0&posted=1&psindex=2&SUBRATES=LO&RATES=HE.var&STATE=0&CITY=0 Quicken]
* [http://www.erate.com/mortgage_rates_search.htm E-Rate]
* [http://www.banks.com Banks.com] [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS175843+03-Mar-2008+BW20080303]

Executive Management

*Michael E. Adler, Esq. - President and Managing Director

*Charles A. Miwa - Chief Operating Officer

*Lori Jomsky - Senior Vice President, Deposit Products

*Stephany J. Leonard - Senior Vice President, Loan Products

*Brian D. Richards - Senior Vice President, Business Development

*Paul C. Lubin - Senior Vice President

*James Royal - Vice President, Director of Marketing

*Sherif Shokralla - Vice President, Product Operations

References

External links

* [http://www.informars.com Informa Research Services, Inc. ]
* [http://www.informa.com Informa plc]

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group1 = Academic & Scientific
list1 = Datamonitor • Taylor & Francis • Informa Life Sciences • Informa Healthcare
group2 = Commercial
list2 = Datamonitor • Adam Smith Conferences • Agra Informa • Euroforum • IBC • IIR • Informa Australia • Informa Trade & Energy • Informa Telecoms & Media • Monaco Yacht Show • Ovum Ltd
group3 = Professional
list3 = AchieveGlobal • Communispond • Council on Education • Datamonitor • ESI International • Forum Corporation • Huthwaite • ICBI • International Faculty of Finance (IFF) • IIR Finance • iMoneyNet • Informa Economics • Informa Finance • Informa Global Markets • Informa Insurance • Informa Investment Solutions • Informa Law • Informa Research Services • International Insider • Omega Performance • Robbins-Gioia