NORWALK, Conn., January 4, 2019 - FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading services has won top honors in nine leading industry awards competitions and four rankings and reports in 2018. Honors include “Best Middle Office Solution” at the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards, “Best Risk Solutions Provider of the Year” at the Private Equity Wire Awards, “Best Buy-Side Client Reporting Platform” at the Waters Buy-Side Technology Awards, and “Best Data Provider – Equities” at the Fund Technology and Wall Street Letter Awards.
The awards add to a growing list of achievements for FactSet in recent years.
Winners of the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards are determined by votes from financial industry professionals. FactSet was recognized as “Best Middle-Office Solution” for its industry-leading and workflow driven analytics solutions including Portfolio Analysis, the company’s Multi-Asset Class risk solution, as well as its portfolio reporting capabilities and services.
Chartis, the strategic advisor on risk and compliance technology, has ranked FactSet’s enterprise risk solution a category leader in its latest report on Risk as a Service, as well as ranking the company as 19th in the industry-leading RiskTech100 2019 report. Additionally, FactSet’s suite of integrated and multi-asset class risk analytics and models were recognized as the “Best Risk Management Solution” by the readers of Private Equity Wire.
Vermilion, FactSet’s best-in-class workflow solution for client reporting and communication, won the Waters Buy-Side Technology Award for “Best Buy-Side Client Reporting Platform” and was recognized as the “Best Reporting System Provider” in the Waters Rankings.
FactSet employees were also honored as leaders in their fields, in addition to the company’s recognition for data and solutions. Greg King, Senior Director of Wealth Strategy, was awarded Goodacre’s Systems in the City Award for “Excellence in Product Development”. Waters Technology Women in Tech and Data Awards were earned by Boryana Racheva-Iotova, Global Head of Quantitative Analytics, for “Risk Professional of the Year,” and Kate Stepp, Senior Director of Research Engineering, for “Engineer/Programmer of the Year”.
2018 Awards List
- Best Buy-Side EMS, A-Team Intelligent Trading Technology Awards – Portware
- Best Buy-Side EMS, Markets Media Markets Choice Awards – Portware
- Best Buy-Side Client Reporting Platform, Waters Buy-Side Technology Awards
- Best Data Provider – Equities, Fund Technology and Wall Street Letter Awards
- Best in Class EMS, Aite Group Execution Management Systems Report
- Best Market Research System, Goodacre Systems in the City Awards
- Best Middle Office Solution, FTF News Technology Innovation Awards
- Best Portfolio Management Software Provider, MENA Fund Manager Services Awards
- Best Reporting System Provider, Waters Rankings 2018 – Vermilion
- Best Risk Solutions Provider of the Year, Private Equity Wire Awards
- Engineer/Programmer of the Year, Waters Technology Women in Tech and Data Awards – Kate Stepp
- Excellence in Product Development, Goodacre Systems in the City Awards – Greg King
- Ranked #19, Chartis 2019 RiskTech100
- Ranked #26, IDC FinTech Rankings Top 100
- Risk Professional of the Year, Waters Technology Women in Tech and Data Awards - Boryana Racheva-Iotova
For more information on these and other recent awards FactSet has earned in recognition of its solutions and exceptional workplace, visit: https://www.factset.com/about/awards-and-recognition.
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