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Financial & Insurance Industry
NAICS Code 52
The Finance and Insurance sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in financial transactions, involving the creation, liquidation, or change in ownership of financial assets, and/or in facilitating financial transactions. Three principal types of activities are identified: raising funds by taking deposits and/or issuing securities and, in the process, incurring liabilities; pooling of risk by underwriting insurance and annuities; providing specialized services facilitating or supporting financial intermediation, insurance, and employee benefit programs. In addition, monetary authorities charged with monetary control are included in this sector.

Industry Definitions

Code NAICS Sector ( WHAT is NAICS? )
5211 Monetary Authorities--Central Bank
5221 Depository Credit Intermediation
5222 NonDepository Credit Intermediation
5223 Activities Related to Credit Intermediation
5231 Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage
5232 Securities and Commodity Exchanges
5239 Other Financial Investment Activities

Databases for Industry Research

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

  1. - Industry surveys
  2. - Bond ratings
  3. - Company profiles and corporation records
  4. - Stock, bond and fund research
Plunkett Research Online (Industry Information)
  1. - Industry sector analysis and research
  2. - Industry trends and statistics
  3. - Market research and trends
  4. - Company profiles
Reuters Research On-Demand
  1. - Real-time full-text investment research
  2. - Reports cover companies and industries
  3. - Over 750 contributing firms
ValueLine
  1. - Aggregate data and analysis on industries
  2. - Reports, articles, and company highlights

ABI/Inform (via ProQuest)

  1. - Indexes over 1000 business periodicals
  2. - Trade journals, business magazines, academic journals and other news sources
  3. - Most articles full text

IBISWorld

  1. - Over 700 full-text industry reports
  2. - Over 700 US industry risk rating reports
  3. - Information on over 8000 Publicly Traded Companies
  4. - Hundreds of economic and demographic profiles

For additional database choices, see:

  1. Database Descriptions
  2. Database Comparison Chart

Industry Data

SELECTED Companies

American Express
Bear Stearns
Citigroup, Inc.
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Deutsche Bank AG
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
JPMorgan Chase
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.
MBNA
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
Royal Bank of Scotland
U.S. Bancorp

Resources for Identifying Companies in the Industry

Hoover’s Online

  1. - Proprietary company overviews
  2. - Industry breakdowns and explanations
  3. - Competitor listings
  4. - Financial synopses

Lexis/Nexis Corporate Affiliations
Business Library, Reference: HG4057.A219

  1. - U.S. corporate directory
  2. - Holding company directory

Mergent Online

  1. - Information on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. Public companies
  2. - Detailed, standardized financial statements
  3. - Searchable by company name, industry codes, revenue levels, and other characteristics
  4. - Comparative analysis among companies
  5. - Access to SEC reports

Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
Business Library, Reference: HG4057.A56

  1. - Listings organized by NAICS code
  2. - Ranks public and private companies by revenues/sales

Library Collections

Selected Reference Titles

For additional materials, contact the Schreyer Business Library.

American Stock Exchange: A Guide to Information Resources
3rd Floor Paterno: HG4575.2.W86

New York Stock Exchange: A Guide to Information Sources
3rd Floor Paterno: HG4572.H43 1992

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: A Research and Information Guide
3rd Floor Paterno: HG4910.G73 1993

Accounting Research Directory
Arts & Humanities Library, Reference: Z7164.C81B884

Directory of Dissertations in Accounting
Arts & Humanities Library, Reference: Z7164.C81S77

Index to Accounting and Auditing Technical Pronouncements
3rd Floor Paterno: HF5635.I44

Plunkett's Financial Services Industry Almanac
Business Library, Reference: HG65 .P58

Call # Ranges

HG 201  – 1496 Money
HG 1501 – 3550 Banking
HG 4501 – 6051 Stocks, Investment, Speculation

Trade Associations

Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR)
National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)
Investment Company Institute
National Association of Investors Corporation
National Futures Association
Securities Industry Association

Career Information

Careers in Finance

Careers in Business

Vault Online Career Library (Currently, Vault Guides are facing problems opening in Adobe Reader 8.x. Please see here for using FREE Adobe Digital Editions to access these guides)

  1. - Vault provides full-text career and industry guides
  2. - Includes company profiles, occupation descriptions, and career-related articles

Career Guide to Industries  (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Business Library, Reference: HF5382.5.U5 C3162

Occupational Outlook Handbook  (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
CAT record for print copies
Business Library, Reference: HD8051.A623

Career Resources Page

 

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