FactSet Research Systems

62 results about this entity

Period: 28 Jul 2005 - 15 Dec 2023

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Encompass integrates with FactSet for KYC

Encompass Corporation, creator of Know Your Customer (KYC) software for banking, finance, legal and accountancy, today announced that it is teaming with FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading services.

FactSet and ONEaccess team up to meet MiFID II challenges

FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading service, and ONEaccess, a Visible Alpha company and leading corporate access and research valuation platform, announced today an alliance to provide institutional investor clients with a new suite of tools to track and value research products and services.

Bats Europe launches Brexit Indices

Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company and the region's largest equities exchange operator, today announced it has launched the Bats Brexit 50/50 Indices, two new benchmark indices designed to reflect the impact of Brexit on UK companies.

FactSet acquires Bisam

FactSet (NYSE:FDS) (NASDAQ:FDS), a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading service, announced that it has acquired BISAM Technologies S.A. for $205.2 million from Aquiline Capital Partners and company insiders.

FactSet extends integration with Axioma

FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading service, today announced that it has strengthened its relationship with Axioma, a leading provider of enterprise risk management, portfolio construction and risk and regulatory reporting solutions.

Factset Research acquires Vermilion

FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) (NASDAQ:FDS), a leading provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications, today announced its results for the first quarter of fiscal 2017.

FactSet and Quick partner in Japan and Asia

FactSet, a leading provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications, today announced it is strengthening its alliance with QUICK Corp, the leading vendor of integrated information in Japan.

FactSet to sell its market metrics business

FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) (NASDAQ:FDS), a leading provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its market research business focused on advisor-sold investments and insurance, consisting of Market Metrics and Matrix Solutions, to Asset International, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital.

FactSet closes Portware acquisition

FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) (NASDAQ:FDS), a leading provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications to the global investment community, today announced that following regulatory approval, it has completed its acquisition of all the issued and outstanding membership interests of Portware, LLC.

FactSet acquires Portware

FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) (NASDAQ:FDS), a leading provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications to the global investment community, today announced that it has agreed to acquire all the issued and outstanding membership interests of Portware, LLC for cash consideration of $265 million.

FinTech Sandbox lets startups play with data for free

FinTech Sandbox lets startups play with data for free

A new non-profit programme offering fintech startups free access to data feeds and APIs from providers such as Thomson Reuters and Xignite is gearing up for launch later this month.

Bloomberg leads the way as market data spending sees modest growth

Bloomberg leads the way as market data spending sees modest growth

Global spending on market data and analysis rose a modest 2.34% in 2012, with Bloomberg narrowly beating out rival Thomson Reuters to gain the biggest slice of the pie, according to a report from Burton-Taylor International Consulting.

Data compression firm files patent infringement suits against banks and exchanges

Data compression firm files patent infringement suits against banks and exchanges

A US firm specialising in data compression has filed lawsuits against a host of investment banks, stock exchanges and financial news and data outfits, accusing them of patent infringement.

FactSet to take on Thomson Fundamentals database

FactSet to take on Thomson Fundamentals database

Financial analytics vendor FactSet Research Systems is to acquire a copy of the Thomson Fundamentals database from Thomson Reuters.

Strong gains offset first week fall for Thomson Reuters

Strong gains offset first week fall for Thomson Reuters

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index rose last week despite the newly-merged Thomson Reuters - now the index's largest constituent - sliding in its first week of trading. Fiserv, Cognizant, Factset and Indian fintech stocks all performed well to help the index close Friday up 3.7% to 86.67.

Orc hit by downgrade as Factset rises on positive Q2

Orc hit by downgrade as Factset rises on positive Q2

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index held steady at 83.49 last week. Orc Software led the fallers, dropping almost 18% after analysts downgraded the company based on exposure to the weak US dollar. Factset Research Systems led the gainers after reporting second quarter earnings and reassuring the market that Bear Stearns was not a major client of the firm.

Finextra50 flat despite gains in Indian fintech stocks

Finextra50 flat despite gains in Indian fintech stocks

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index finished the week down .01% to 95.35, as the recently volatile US and European markets remained fairly steady. I-flex, 3i Infotech and Mphasis in India all posted significant gains, while only Linedata, Nucleus Software and Fiserv dropped by more than 3%.

Finextra50 dips slightly to 100.18

Finextra50 dips slightly to 100.18

European share prices fell again last week, weighed down by banking stocks, while the US markets were down by less than one percent. The Finextra50 closed down 1.48%, with small falls across many index constituents offset by some impressive gains from Chordiant Software, EDB Business Partner and Factset Research.

Finextra launches Finextra50 fintech index

Finextra launches Finextra50 fintech index

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index is a free-float value weighted index of the world's leading companies that provide technology-based products and services to the financial services industry. It was set at an indexed value of 100 at market close on Friday 4th May 2007. Our weekly update on the index's movements will provide a framework for analysing trends in the financial technology market, particularly vendor consolidation - a trend that shows no sign of slowing down.

FactSet buys europrospectus.com for £7.5m

FactSet buys europrospectus.com for £7.5m

FactSet Research Systems, a Connecticut-based supplier of financial data to investment firms, has acquired europrospectus.com limited, a UK provider of online equity, fixed income and derivatives prospectuses for £7.5 million in cash.

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