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With an ever-growing collection of alternative data ranging from supply chain and geographical revenue exposure to deep sector and ESG, FactSet provides indexes that are differentiated, investable, and widely relevant.

Our collaborative approach allows us to distill your best ideas into every index we create, ensuring your ETFs and passive products truly correspond with your insight and vision.

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    Uncover Investor Views on the Current and Future Landscape of Thematic Investing

    Download our latest market research, Investors Are Hungry: It's Time to Seize Opportunity and Build New Index Products

    In partnership with Forbes Insights, FactSet surveyed 103 investment executives from around the globe to better understand the rising popularity of thematic investing. What tools are being used to pursue thematic investment goals? What attributes are most important when choosing a thematic instrument or building a thematic investment strategy?  

    Experience fast and cutting-edge index research and development

    Experience fast and cutting-edge index research and development.

    Launch original and successful passive products that are backed by the best-of-breed data, analytics, research, and index methodologies. We’ve engineered our processes to deliver instant and cutting-edge research to all areas of index development without compromise. Designed with innovation and collaboration in mind, FactSet Indexes are specifically made to consolidate your objectives and mandates into a transparent, rules-based, and differentiated strategy.

    Cutting-Edge Research
    Access robust coverage trusted by leaders around the world.

    Access robust coverage trusted by leaders around the world.

    Leverage indexes that have powered ETFs and passive products from leading issuers around the world, including BlackRock, State Street, Invesco, and Mirae. To demonstrate our open and collaborative culture, we have co-developed novel indexes with global and regional index providers such as ICE, NASDAQ, S&P Dow Jones, Solactive, STOXX, Euronext, JPX, KRX, SGX and TWSE, spanning product areas of megatrend, thematic, smart-beta, and ESG.

    Established Credibility
    Complement fundamental content with new and unique alternative data.

    Complement fundamental content with new and unique alternative data.

    Construct differentiated indexes with essential inputs from FactSet's one-of-a-kind market, company, and alternative datasets. Gain exclusive access to precise and in-depth business industry classifications and explore complex relationship networks of companies across different supply chain categories. Analyze real-time ESG ratings driven by artificial intelligence, capture a normalized and multi-dimensional view of companies' revenues by geography, and more.

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    Develop custom indexes that provide value to your clients with agile, rapid, and iterative prototypes.

    Develop custom indexes that provide value to your clients with agile, rapid, and iterative prototypes.

    Create products that can provide value to your clients—without reinventing the wheel. We adopt an agile, rapid, and bespoke development approach to ensure our solutions best align with your commercial interest, go-to-market plans, and overall vision. We also work with everyone from ETF issuers with trillions of assets to startups filing for their first funds.

    Rapid Index Prototyping

    Specific FactSet Indexes

    Specific FactSet Indexes

    Track the performance of companies benefit from the long-term growth and innovations in genomics, proteomics, immunology, and bioengineering.

    Fund issuer: BlackRock iShares

    ETF/Fund ticker: IDNA:US

    Read our index methodology document.

    Track the performance of companies that stand to benefit from interest in or resources spent on pet ownership. The index seeks to capture core players throughout the pet ownership value chain, including pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, food and supplies manufacturers, retailers, and other pet care providers.

    Fund issuer: ProShares

    ETF/Fund ticker: PAWZ:US

    Read our index methodology document.

    Track the performance of a group of specialized and high-growth Technology companies involved in cutting-edge research, innovative product development, disruptive business models, or a combination of these.

    Fund issuer: State Street Global Advisor (SSgA)

    ETF/Fund ticker: XITK:US

    Read our index methodology document.

    Track the performance of Taiwan-listed companies that benefit from the release and development of next-generation wireless communication technologies and services.

    Fund issuer: Cathay SITE

    ETF/Fund ticker: 00881:TT

    Read our index methodology document (Chinese).

    Track the performance of companies that benefit from the long-term growth and innovations in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Companies include technology component creators, software developers, industrial automations, and robotic equipment.

    Fund issuer: BlackRock iShares

    ETF/Fund ticker: IRBO:US

    Read our index methodology document.

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    The best way to understand what makes FactSet different is to see it for yourself. We've worked with investment professionals for 40 years, so we understand your workflow and know precisely how to help. Talk to us about your challenges, and we’ll help you design the most effective solutions for your firm with everything you need — and not what you don’t.

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