NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- BoardEx, a business
unit of TheStreet Inc. (NASDAQ: TST), announced three new
services to improve the performance of quant funds, banks, law
firms and consulting firms. Those services include a quant
data feed containing academically proven, alpha generating
management changes and relationships; a competitive tracking
service uncovering key competitive relationships for banks and law
firms; and a mobile app.
BoardEx's significant product innovation has attracted several
impressive new clients in 2016, including Raymond James and HSBC. The BoardEx user base
has topped 100,000 and continues to grow.
"We have a number of key clients that we work with regularly to
innovate around identifying and tracking connections for business
development," said Michael Crosby, president of BoardEx and The
Deal, which represent the institutional business of The Street, as
he highlighted some of the longtime customers, like PWC.
"There isn't another service out there that can do what BoardEx can
do."
Competitor Network
The new Competitor Network release enables the tracking of
competitive firms. Users can quickly identify which of their
competitors are connected to client contacts and their
companies.
User Benefits:
- Monitor individuals that work for a competitor and uncover
their connections to organizations in over 130 countries
- Competitive tracking goes beyond an individual's current
employment, tracking people that used to work for a competitive
firm as well as people that have been involved in a deal with
them.
Quant Data Feed
The quant data feed has over 50 fields of data and proprietary
network details for senior management and board members
globally. Data details include organization affiliation, role
changes, time spent in roles, size of management teams and network
influence.
User Benefits:
- Unique and detailed people data is available and includes a
powerful network influence algorithm.
- Data can be packaged and delivered easily for effective back
testing
BoardEx App
The BoardEx App allows customers to track their most important
executive contacts right on their phone. When a contact
changes roles, users are alerted, identifying new business
opportunities and connections. Available for Android via
Google Play and for iPhone via the App Store on iTunes, the App
allows users to quickly access the world's largest network of
executive board members.
User Benefits:
- Email alerts and push notifications on your most important
contacts
- Quick Search: Functionality enables users to search BoardEx's
database of over 850,000 individuals and 1.3 million
organizations.
- Organization profiles outline the board and management teams,
tenure and connections they hold.
About TheStreet
TheStreet, Inc. (www.t.st) is a leading independent digital
financial media company providing business and financial news,
investing ideas and analysis to personal and institutional
investors worldwide. The Company's portfolio of business and
personal finance brands includes: TheStreet, RealMoney, RealMoney
Pro, Action Alerts PLUS, and MainStreet. To learn more,
visit www.thestreet.com. The Deal, the Company's
institutional business, provides intraday coverage of mergers and
acquisitions and all other changes in corporate control and through
its BoardEx product, director and officer profiles. To learn
more, visit www.thedeal.com and www.boardex.com.
RateWatch, the Company's business unit that provides rate and fee
data from banks and credit unions across the U.S. for a wide
variety of banking products. To learn more,
visit www.rate-watch.com
CONTACT: Jon Kostakopoulos,
212.321.5561, jon.kostakopoulos at thestreet.com
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