Barra Analytics Now Available via FactSet; New Offering Combines Strengths of Barra and FactSet.NORWALK, Conn. -- FactSet Research Systems FactSet Research Systems (NYSE: FDS), or simply "FactSet", is a financial information company. Some of its competitors include Bloomberg L.P., Reuters, Thomson Financial, and Capital IQ. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FDS FDS Fim-De-Semana (Portugese: weekend) FDS Federated Department Stores, Inc. FDS Fiche de Données de Sécurité (Material Safety Data Sheets) FDS Famicom Disk System FDS Faculty of Dental Surgery ), a major supplier of computer-based financial and economic data to the investment community, and MSCI Barra, a leading provider of benchmark indices and risk management analytics products, announced today that Barra's market-leading models and analytics are now available via FactSet's Portfolio Analysis application. Beginning today, investment managers, plan sponsors and other investment professionals can utilize FactSet's unique reporting and charting capabilities to interactively decompose de·com·pose v. de·com·posed, de·com·pos·ing, de·com·pos·es v.tr. 1. To separate into components or basic elements. 2. To cause to rot. v.intr. 1. risk and perform risk-based performance attribution using 18 of Barra's single-country and regional market equity models within both FactSet and Barra-defined analytical frameworks. Clients will have access to 24-hour support from both firms. "Investors want to be able to easily combine Barra Analytics with FactSet's tightly integrated data and tools to better support their investment processes," said Rabbe Ekholm, Managing Director at MSCI Barra, "This integrated solution is a compelling combination of leading analytical methodologies, technology and service." Chris Ellis, Director of Portfolio Analytics at FactSet, added, "We are excited to be able to meet the needs of those investment professionals who prefer Barra's approach to defining and understanding risk and FactSet's approach to analyzing it. Through this offering, our clients will be able to do more thorough and effective analysis in less time." Additional Barra functionality, most notably portfolio optimization, should be added to FactSet's platform in phases over the next 12 months. About MSCI Barra MSCI (www.msci.com) develops and maintains equity, fixed income, multi-asset class, REIT REIT See: Real Estate Investment Trust REIT See real estate investment trust (REIT). and hedge fund hedge fund, in finance, a highly speculative, largely unregulated investment device. Originating in the 1950s, the funds "hedge" by offsetting "short" positions (borrowing a security and then selling it at a higher price before repaying the lender) against "long" indices that serve as benchmarks for an estimated USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 3 trillion on a worldwide basis. In 2004 MSCI acquired Barra, Inc. ("Barra"). Barra analytics (www.barra.com) help the world's largest investors analyze, measure and manage portfolio and firm-wide investment risk. MSCI Barra is headquartered in New York, with research and commercial offices around the world. Morgan Stanley, a global financial services firm and a market leader in securities, asset management, and credit services, is the majority shareholder of MSCI, and Capital Group International, Inc. is the minority shareholder. MSCI Barra is a service mark of Morgan Stanley Capital International Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) This firm publishes a number of well known benchmarks, such as the MSCI World Index. Inc. ("MSCI" or "MSCI Barra"). About FactSet FactSet Research Systems Inc. (www.factset.com) is a leading provider of global financial and economic information, including fundamental data on tens of thousands of companies worldwide. Combining more than 200 databases into its own dedicated online service, the Company also provides the tools to download, combine and manipulate the data for investment analysis. The Company, headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, was formed in 1978 and now conducts operations, along with its affiliates, from more than twenty-two locations worldwide, including Boston, New York Boston is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 7,897 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Boston, Massachusetts. The Town of Boston is an interior town of the county and one of the county's "Southtowns. , Chicago, San Mateo, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney. IR_FDS |
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