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Press Releases
Follow all of the latest news and developments as FirstRain grows its offerings and its global footprint. Read about FirstRain’s new deals, new features and awards and recognition.
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FirstRain Selected As Key Supplier For Newssift.com By FT Search Inc. Of The Financial Times Group
Newssift leverages FirstRain technology to mine business content from the web San Mateo, Calif., April 20, 2009 – FirstRain®, announced today that Newssift.com, an independent entity within the Financial Times Group, has selected FirstRain to provide broad, global web content from […]
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FirstRain And Hanley & Associates Form Strategic Alliance
Firms team up to provide management meeting preparation using FirstRain search-driven research service San Mateo, Calif., March 16, 2009 – FirstRain®, the leader in search-driven research for investment professionals and executives, and Hanley & Associates, LLC today announced a partnership designed […]
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FirstRain Adds Fixed Income Research
Alternative research reduces risk for fixed income investors San Mateo, Calif., February 23, 2009 – FirstRain®, the leader in search-driven research for investment professionals and executives, today announced the expansion of FirstRain to meet the alternative research needs of fixed income […]
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CalSTRS Selects FirstRain For Pension Governance Solution
Solution Reduces Risk, Automates Governance Analysis for Pension Funds San Mateo, Calif., October 27, 2008 – FirstRain®, the leader in search-driven research for investment professionals and executives, today announced that the California State Employees Retirement System (CalSTRS) has selected FirstRain’s pension […]
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FirstRain Partners with FactSet Research
FactSet integrates FirstRain solutions into FactSet Marquee to provide clients with research and qualitative analytics from the web San Mateo, Calif., October 20, 2008 – FirstRain®, the leading provider of search-driven research for investment professionals, today announced the availability of FirstRain […]
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FirstRain Launches UK Operation
Technology Leader Mines Hard-to-Find Data from the Web San Mateo, Calif., October 13, 2008 – FirstRain®, the leading provider of search-driven research, today announced the launch of its UK operations. This milestone makes an innovative fundamental data stream available to U.K. […]
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FirstRain Signs 100 Institutions—Demonstrating Acceleration In The Use Of The Web For Institutional Research
San Mateo, Calif., September 8, 2008 – FirstRain®, the leading provider of search-driven research, today announced the signing of its 100th institutional client. This is an important milestone and marks an acceleration in the number of firms and subscribers since the […]
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FirstRain President And CEO, Penny Herscher, Appointed To Investorside Research Association Board Of Directors
Foster City, Calif., June 30, 2008 – FirstRain® president and CEO, Penny Herscher, has been appointed to the board of directors for Investorside Research Association, a non-profit trade association of investment research providers. With the accelerating growth in independent and alternative […]
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FirstRain Partners With Capital IQ To Deliver Unique Web Data To 2200 Financial Institutions
Search-Driven Research Integrates a Broader Perspective from across the Open Web, including Blogs, into the Capital IQ Financial Information Service Foster City, Calif., April 7, 2008 – In a break out move for the alternative research market and for search-driven research, […]
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Penny Herscher To Speak At Harvey Mudd College
FirstRain CEO participates in the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Visiting Professor of Leadership and Management Lecture Series Foster City, Calif., March 10, 2008 – FirstRain®, president and CEO, Penny Herscher is a featured speaker for the 2008 Walter and Leonore Annenberg […]
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FirstRain Introduces FirstRain Management Monitor™
New Class of Analytics Provides Management Transparency for Institutional Investors and Corporate Executives Foster City, Calif., January 28, 2008 – FirstRain®, the leading provider of search-driven research, today announced the release of the FirstRain Management Monitor—the first in a new generation […]
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Mary Henry Joins FirstRain Board of Directors
All-Star Analyst Veteran Brings Institutional Research Insights to Innovative Firm Foster City, Calif., October 1, 2007 – FirstRain®, the leading provider of search-driven research applications for investment professionals, today announced that Mary Henry has joined its board of directors. Henry, who […]
