Symphony and FactSet Announce Strategic Partnership to Enable Real-Time Collaboration Across the Financial Services Industry
30 June 2016 - 11:30PM
Business Wire
Symphony Communication Services, LLC, the secure collaboration
and workflow technology company, and FactSet, a leading provider of
integrated financial information and analytical applications, today
announced a new partnership. Together, the firms are working on
seamless integration of the FactSet platform with Symphony’s
communications platform to enable real-time collaboration across
the financial services industry.
As a result of the partnership, investment professionals will
have access to the best of both worlds – Symphony’s rich, secure
messaging experience integrated with FactSet's superior analytics,
content, and technology.
“We are thrilled to welcome FactSet, a core supplier of market
data and analytics, to the Symphony partner ecosystem,” notes David
Gurlé, founder and CEO, Symphony. “As FactSet is known as a product
innovator, we believe that together we have an opportunity to
fundamentally transform how investment professionals work.”
“Enterprise-wide collaboration across members of the financial
investment community will dramatically improve industry
productivity,” states Phil Snow, CEO, FactSet. “This partnership
reinforces FactSet’s commitment to delivering solutions that help
our clients be more efficient across their workflows.”
About Symphony
The secure, cloud-based communications platform that connects
markets and individuals, Symphony promotes collaboration and
increases workflow productivity while maintaining organizational
compliance. Founded in October 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto,
CA, the company has offices in New York, Chicago, Boston, Hong
Kong, Singapore and London. Symphony has raised $170 million from
the world’s largest financial institutions and recognized
investors, including: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BlackRock, BNY
Mellon, Citadel, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Google Inc.,
Goldman Sachs, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, Lakestar, Maverick,
Merus Capital, Morgan Stanley, Natixis, Nomura, Societe Generale,
UBS and Wells Fargo.
To sign up for Symphony, find out more about the company and
keep up on the latest news, visit www.symphony.com and follow
@Symphony.
About FactSet
FactSet delivers the world’s best insight and information to
investment professionals through superior analytics, service,
content, and technology. More than 63,000 users make smarter
investment decisions with FactSet's desktop analytics, mobile
applications, and comprehensive data feeds. FactSet is also an
honoree of FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to Work For and a Best
Workplace Award recipient in the United Kingdom and France. FactSet
is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ (NYSE:FDS)
(NASDAQ:FDS). Learn more at www.factset.com and follow on
Twitter: www.twitter.com/factset.
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