FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

For an asset manager, the question behind a FactSet seat is rarely just whether the screen is pleasant or the annual subscription looks cheaper than a rival terminal. It is whether the firm is buying a software licence, a bundle of market-data rights, or operational insurance for investment work that cannot tolerate stale numbers, broken Excel links, unsupported feeds, or research staff waiting for overnight files. FactSet Research Systems, Inc. sits at that awkward junction: the buyer sees one workstation, data feed, API, portfolio tool or wealth workflow, while the bill also absorbs exchange permissions, third-party content, cloud delivery, low-latency operations, support, compliance contr