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Dow Jones Investment Banker Launches on the FactSet Platform
Two of the world's leading financial information organizations combine content to provide investment bankers and analysts with the most comprehensive news, analysis and data available
NEW YORK, April 5th, 2010 – Dow Jones and FactSet today
announced the launch of Dow Jones Investment Banker on FactSet. Dow Jones
Investment Banker’s focused news, opinion, research, data visualization and
executive moves are now available within FactSet, a real-time platform of
data, analytics and applications essential to bankers and analysts as they
monitor events, develop pitches and deliver ideas to clients.
This is the first time that Dow Jones Investment Banker is available
integrated with a financial information platform. With Dow Jones Investment
Banker presented alongside FactSet’s workflow, bankers are able to move
smoothly between FactSet’s data and analytics and Dow Jones news, opinion
and search.
“Dow Jones Investment Banker on FactSet supports bankers at every step of
their workflow and gives them the competitive edge they need to generate
deal ideas and quickly identify and track the companies and industries most
significant to their clients, without wasting precious time searching for
critical news, analysis and data,” said Robert Passarella, vice president
and managing director, institutional markets, Dow Jones & Company.
"FactSet is dedicated to providing clients with in-depth company and
industry insight," said Scott Beyer, director of sales, FactSet Global
Banking & Brokerage Services. "Incorporating Dow Jones Investment Banker's
exclusive opinion and analysis alongside FactSet's powerful analytics gives
bankers the tools essential to making meaningful discoveries for the benefit
of their clients.”
Subscribers to FactSet and Dow Jones Investment Banker will have access to
news, opinion and analysis from Dow Jones Investment Banker’s dedicated
editorial team, as well as industry, regional, corporate and executive
information drawn from all the resources of Dow Jones – Newswires, The Wall
Street Journal, Barron's and the Dow Jones Factiva database of 28,000
sources, including newspapers, trade publications, Web sites and blogs. The
events and topics important to bankers and analysts, such as M&A, capital
raising, regulatory changes, executive moves and venture-capital and
private-equity financing, are seamlessly highlighted and linked to FactSet
corporate data and analytics. Access to Dow Jones Investment Banker in a
mobile interface designed for bankers is also included.
For a Flash preview of Dow Jones Investment Banker on FactSet, go to
http://www.dowjones.com/media/DJIB_FactSet.html
For more information about Dow Jones solutions for investment bankers, visit
www.solutions.dowjones.com/investmentbanker. For more information about
Dow Jones, visit www.dowjones.com.
To learn more about FactSet, visit
www.factset.com.
About Dow Jones
Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com)
is a News Corporation company (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS,
NWSLV; www.newscorp.com)
and a leading provider of global news and business information.
Its principal products include The Wall Street Journal, Dow
Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Barron's and MarketWatch.
Through its Local Media Group, Dow Jones operates
community-based newspapers and Web sites. Dow Jones also
provides news content to television and radio stations.
About FactSet
FactSet (NYSE: FDS | NASDAQ: FDS) combines integrated financial
information, analytical applications, and client service to
enhance the workflow and productivity of the global investment
community. The company, headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut,
was formed in 1978 and now conducts operations along with its
affiliates from more than twenty-three locations worldwide,
including Boston, New York, Chicago, San Mateo, London,
Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Mumbai,
and Sydney.
Media Contact:
Shannon Sullivan
Dow Jones & Company
Senior Public Relations Manager
Office: 609.627.2312