This Financial Insights report examines annual spending for financial services firms in Canada from 2008 to 2012. It provides valuable insights, predictions, and guidance based on extensive demand and supply-side data, supported by the breadth and depth of Financial Insights' and IDC's considerable industry experience. The report answers the following questions:

"Continuing global events in financial services markets have forced Canadian financial services firms to moderate their IT spending plans," says Rob Burbach, senior analyst of Financial Insights' Canadian Financial Advisory Services. "Vendors will have to work both harder and smarter to take advantage of the opportunities."