Can Factset Be Dethroned?
INSTITUTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
In 1978, a little-known data integration company called Factset Research Systems hung out its shingle and started selling historical, fundamental and economic data, all bundled together with analytics and data management tools. Today, Factset is in just about every leading buy-side shop and a nice percentage of sell-side ones, too.
Needless to say, Factset’s success hasn’t gone unnoticed. Vendors like Rimes Technologies and Primark, with its Microsoft Windows-based analytical application Piranha
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