Takeover defense and corporate governance data
API Access
Est. Price
~$15,000/yr est.
Update Frequency
Daily
Pricing Tiers
1
Regions
1
Quality SignalsB
Freshness
Recently enriched
Complete
81%
API
API Available
Product Overview
Financial Data and Analytics Platform$$
Offering: An integrated suite of global financial market data, company fundamentals, and portfolio analytics delivered via both a flagship desktop workstation and enterprise-grade APIs.
Best for: Investment professionals and quant teams requiring a unified platform for research, portfolio construction, and risk management.
Benefits
- Comprehensive multi-asset data coverage
- Flexible delivery via modern cloud-native integrations like Snowflake and Databricks
- Strong integration between desktop research tools and programmatic API access
- Robust portfolio performance and risk attribution capabilities
Drawbacks
⚠ High total cost of ownership for smaller firms due to modular pricing · ⚠ Less specialized in niche alternative data compared to boutique providers · ⚠ Workstation interface can be complex for non-traditional financial usersProduct Intelligence
Value Score
44
quality per $
Coverage
70
geo × freq × depth
Try-ability
15
ease of trial
Market concentration: 100% (concentrated — few vendors)
Product Details
Use Cases
M&A target identificationshareholder activism monitoringcorporate governance risk assessmentproxy contest analysis
Categories
Corporate GovernanceM&A DataShareholder ActivismFinancial Data
Coverage
Global
Delivery
REST APIPython SDKSFTPS3 BucketSnowflake ShareDatabricksWeb UI download
Data Sources
government filings
Detected Use Cases
risk management
Pricing Tiers
Vedex estimate
~$15,000/yr est.
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Web Authority
High Authority18 mentions·2 platforms
Academic Papers
9 × 8 pts+72
LinkedIn
9 × 2 pts+18
Evidence5 sources
Academic Papers
Shining a Light in a Dark Corner: Does EDGAR Search Activity ...
... FactSet's SharkRepellent data. While. SharkRepellent includes various types of shareholder activism cases, we restrict our sample to those campaigns with a ...
Academic Papers
HARVARD
To construct our sample, we collected governance data from the Factset SharkRepellent database—specifically, data on annual meeting dates and the presence of ...
Academic Papers
Custom Proxy Voting Advice
by E Hu · 2024 · Cited by 18 — For activist events, we use data from FactSet SharkRepellent, and we define a firm's shareholder meeting as connected to an activist if there is a proxy ...
Data Dictionary
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About FactSet SharkRepellent
FactSet SharkRepellent is a corporate governance data product offered by FactSet, available on discovery. Data is updated daily. API access is available for programmatic integration. Vedex estimates pricing at roughly $15,000/yr (an estimate, not a vendor-published price).
Takeover defense and corporate governance data
About FactSet
FactSet is a platform vendor based in USA. FactSet is a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider that delivers integrated financial information, analytical applications, and services to the investment community. The ...
Related Data Categories
Corporate GovernanceM&A DataShareholder ActivismFinancial Data