UK financial technology company Woodseer expands its reach,
offering a customised global package of data covering over 8,500 companies across
60+ countries as the first British provider on the new Open:FactSet Marketplace.
London, UK, 18 July 2018 – Woodseer, provider of the world’s
most comprehensive global dividend forecast dataset, is the latest company to
be selected by FactSet (NYSE:FDS) (NASDAQ:FDS) to launch on their new Open:FactSet
Marketplace.
It will offer its dividend forecast data, which is used by
asset managers and other financial service companies to increase the value of
activities including stock selection, income planning, option pricing and
dividend capture.
Woodseer’s dataset provides a global package of 8,500
securities that includes uniquely strong coverage in the Asia-Pacific region: over
1,000 Japan and 1,000 Korea securities are included alongside the full Russell
3000 and over 1,000 UK and other EU securities.
This breadth of coverage is made possible through Woodseer’s
disruptive tech-enabled ‘algorithm+analyst’ approach, which provides accurate
forecasts of the payment amount, date and dividend type for publicly-traded
corporations across the world. The company’s proprietary algorithm applies
itself to the global corporate actions data provided by Woodseer’s London-based
long-term partner Exchange Data International (EDI).
Launched in early 2018, the Open:FactSet Marketplace is a
platform for premier financial data, applications, and workflow solutions for
investment professionals. FactSet, one
of the world’s leading providers of integrated financial information, developed
the Marketplace to offer datasets that can be easily connected with proprietary
investment models, algorithms, and systems. Third-party data providers are
carefully selected by FactSet for data quality and integrity.
Ed Dean, CEO of Woodseer said: “We are thrilled to be the
first UK company to be selected by FactSet. The company’s focus on consistent data
integration and providing a single point of access for multiple data assets makes
the Open:FactSet proposition very strong. This is a real win-all: for us, for
FactSet and most importantly for the end-user. We are excited by the reaction
we’ve already received from clients who are hungry for accurate dividend
forecast data.”
“We are excited to expand the Open:FactSet Marketplace with
Woodseer’s global dividend forecast data,” said Rich Newman, SVP of Content
& Technology Solutions at FactSet. “The industry is increasingly looking
for new and integrated datasets that offer multiple viewpoints on the firms in
which they invest. Dividend data is in high demand and the addition of Woodseer
enhances the value both of our firms deliver to the market.”
About Woodseer
Woodseer is a technology business with teams in London and
Vancouver and has been forecasting dividend data since 2011. Learn more at open.factset.com/catalog/products/woodseer-dividend-forecasting/
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