Department of Finance and Accounting

Database login information

Web Based Databases: Access INFO Login INFO
WRDS: Wharton Research Data Services

https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/

 You need to register a personal login ID from the WRDS' home page. Module co-ordinatior can also register a shared login ID to use in class.
Thomson Reuters IBIS via WRDS https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/ Use your WRDS Login ID. You should not use this database if you are not authorized to use it by Thomson Reuters
S&P Compustat via WRDS https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/ Use your WRDS Login ID
Eventus via WRDS https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/ Use your WRDS Login ID
CRSP Daily/Monthly US Stock via WRDS https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/ Use your WRDS Login ID
LSPD via WRDS https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/ Use your WRDS Login ID
AuditAnalytics via WRDS https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/ Use your WRDS Login ID
The Corporate Library via WRDS https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/ Use your WRDS Login ID
IRRC via WRDS https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/ Use your WRDS Login ID
WRDS SEC Suite https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/ Use your WRDS Login ID
Boardex _UK Reports

https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/

 Use your WRDS Login ID
Capital IQ Platform https://www.capitaliq.com/CIQDotNet/Login.aspx You need to register a personal login ID from the link below: https://pages.marketintelligence.spglobal.com/university-of-exeter.html. You may need to renew your login details once a year. 
Rating Direct https://www.capitaliq.com/CIQDotNet/Login.aspx Use your Capital IQ login ID. Only available for academics and research students.
Manifest Data Pilot from Minerva Analytics https://manifest.info Please contact j.shen@exeter.ac.uk for login information
Fixed IP address Databases Access INFO Login Information
Bloomberg Access from the Finance Lab in the XFI.

Your Bloomberg Login ID. For an instruction of how to register a Bloomberg account. 

Click Here for login information.

Staff can have the software installed onto your university's PC.  Please contact SID for support.
Thomson Reuters EIKON Access from the Finance Lab in the XFI. The database can be accessed from a folder called ‘Business School Databases’ on the desktop of each computer in that room.

Click Here for login information for Thomson Reuters EIKON

Staff can have the software installed onto your university's PC.  Please contact SID for support.
Thomson Reuters Datastream (DFO) Access from the Finance Lab in the XF. This database can only be accessed within Eikon Excel Addin Application.

Click Here for login information for Thomson Reuters Datastream (DFO)

Staff can have the software installed onto your university's PC.  Please contact SID for support.
MorningStar Access from the Finance Lab in the XFI. 

Click Here for login information.

Staff can have the software installed onto your university's PC.  Please contact SID for support.
Capital IQ Platform Excel Link Access from the Finance Lab in the XFI. The database can be accessed from a folder called ‘Business School Databases’ on the desktop of each computer in that room. Click here for login information for Capital IQ

Content

The University provides access to a wide range of online databases across most subjects. These are some of the most useful for business students:

General packages

  • Business Source Complete selected full text for over 3,800 journals. It also provides financial data, books, case studies etc.
  • ProQuest Business package (ABI/INFORM Complete, Accounting & Tax, Banking Information Source, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), ProQuest Asian & Business Reference and ProQuest Entrepreneurship)
  • FT.com - the online version of the Financial Times newspaper and databases. First time users will need to log in via the A-Z list, then register (or sign up) - registering via the electronic library will connect you to the University's subscription, avoiding monthly limits or requests for payment.

Accounting and tax

  • IBFD Tax Research Platform - a comprehensive database of tax treaties, legislation, case law and commentary on national and international taxation. 

Company research

  • FAME - information for companies in the UK and Ireland.
  • GlobalData Explorer - Spanning all major industries and 120+ sub-sectors, GlobalData Explorer provides the key insights to effectively compare sectors and understand the market drivers shaping an industry. Access GlobalData's extensive database of company profiles, including financial data and SWOT analyses. Use the curated lists to see key industry players, or use the Company Screener tool to refine your search. 753K+ companies.
  • Orbis - standardised information for companies globally.
  • Perfect Information Navigator (Filings Expert) A financial and capital markets database providing access to over 14 million global company filings including annual reports, M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions), IPOs (Initial Public Offerings), bond prospectuses and news announcements.

Market research

  • GlobalData Explorer - Spanning all major industries and 120+ sub-sectors, GlobalData Explorer provides the key insights to effectively compare sectors and understand the market drivers shaping an industry. Access GlobalData's extensive database of company profiles, including financial data and SWOT analyses. Use the curated lists to see key industry players, or use the Company Screener tool to refine your search. 753K+ companies.
  • Mintel - market information for the UK for the following streams: Drink, Retail: clothing and footwear, Technology, Leisure, Lifestyles, Travel

News databases

  • Factiva - a global news and business information service that combines the content sets of Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing.
  • Nexis UK (LexisNexis Butterworths) provides a comprehensive news, business and industry information service which is updated daily. It provides full text access to all UK national newspapers, regional newspapers, international news sources and a range of trade journals and magazines.  A large range of company, financial and industry information is also provided, such as company annual reports, company and director profiles and directories and market reports.

      Statistics

  • UK Data Service provides access to international datasets of macro and micro level statistics, produced by organisations such as the IMF, the World Bank and OECD. Individual user registration is required. Available both on and off the campus.
  • Eurostat (the Statistical Office of the European Communities) collects and publishes statistics from the member states and from other countries and international agencies for the information of EU institutions. The database includes online publications, datasets and data by sector. Free resource.
  • OECD iLibrary has the text of publications of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) as well as statistical datasets. Please note that our subscription has now lapsed

Electronic journals and newspapers archives

  • Emerald Management ejournals package
  • Economist Historical Archive 1843-2007 (Gale Cengage)
  • Financial Times Historical Archive 1888-2006 (Gale Cengage)
  • Sage Management & Organization Studies Journal Collection

Ebook packages

  • Cambridge Books Online
  • Elgar Business Handbooks
  • MyiLibrary (which now includes all content from Biz/ed premier)
  • New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
  • OECD iLibrary
  • Oxford Handbooks Business & Management
  • Oxford Scholarship Online
  • Palgrave Connect
  • Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management
  • Sage Knowledge
  • SpringerLink
  • Sustainability Online Library (SOL)

Online lectures

  • Henry Stewart Talks (Management and Marketing Collection)

Access

All of these databases are available. You will need to log in to the Single Sign-On Service first, using your University username and password (as used for email).

The databases available in XFi are managed by the Business School.

Getting started

To access library databases, visit the A-Z list and select the resource you need. For help getting started and an overview of the resources available to you, visit the Business, Management, Accounting & Finance LibGuide. If you have problems in using any of the databases, check the description to see if any special conditions apply or contact libraryhelp@exeter.ac.uk.

Getting Help

For help please contact the Database Support Desk.

Help Desk Information Contact Information
For general data resources inquiries: y.chen5@exeter.ac.uk
For database software issues: either go through IT Service Desk or phone 01392 72 50 50
For E-Library databases: Electronic Library Helpdesk elibrary@exeter.ac.uk

Content

Bloomberg is an online service that provides analysis and quotes for worldwide equities and indices, current company, industry and market news, and worldwide economic data

Key datasets includes equities, money markets, currencies, municipals, corporate/Euro/sovereign bonds, indices, commodities, mortgage-backed securities and derivatives

Coverage

Delayed real-time daily information as well as historical data. Bloomberg Business News covers companies, industries and market with over 3,000 stories a day.

Access

Available in the Reuters Lab on the Bloomberg terminal PC. User name and password needed. You could find them on the label stuck on the monitor. Book before use

Getting Started

Web links

Getting Help

For help please contact the Database Support Desk.

Standard & Poor’s Compustat provides fundamental company and market data on 65,000 securities, representing over 90 percent of the world’s total market capitalisation. the Business School currently subscribed Compustat data packages include: Compustat North America (U.S. and Canada), Compustat Global Vantage (International), Standard & Poor’s EMDB (Emerging Markets Database)

Coverage

Standard & Poor's Compustat North America and Global Vantage databases contain fundamental financial and price data for both active and inactive publicly traded companies. Compustat goes back annually to 1950, and Global Vantage goes back to 1993.

Standard & Poor's EMDB (Emerging Markets Database) includes market performance, indicators, market capitalization, monthly value traded, local stock market price indexes, and prices, etc., in local currency and U.S. dollars, back to 1995.

Access

You can access this database through WRDS (see the WRDS section for detailed information)

Web links

More information is available from Standard & Poor’s Compustat Resource Center

CRSP end-of-day and month-end prices on all listed NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ common stocks with basic market indices. CRSP provides the most comprehensive dividend information available, with the most accurate total return calculations

Coverage

Daily and monthly data on high, low, bid, ask and closing prices, trading volume, shares outstanding, capital appreciation, income, total return, year-end capitalization. Both daily and monthly stock data are currently available in the Business School.

Access

Available in the Reuters Lab on one PC. No password and username needed.

Alternatively you can access this database through WRDS (see the WRDS section for detailed information)

Getting Started

Web links

Content

Datastream is a PC-based database that includes historical worldwide data on equities, company financials, stock market indices, unit and investment trusts, warrants, bonds, interest rates, exchange rates, commodities, and macroeconomic data

Coverage

Time series vary but some cover more than 50 years. Available frequencies include daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual. Data available on active and inactive companies

Access

Datastream is only available to postgraduate students and teaching staff. No password and user name is needed. Available in the Reuters Lab on two PCs. Book before use.

If Datastream in the Thomson Reuters lab does not work:

  1. Do not put the extranet password into Datastream otherwise it will lock the account for everyone.
  2. If Datastream does not log in people need to run the little program in the Fix Datastream folder called “fix datastream.exe”. This should put the correct username and password into the right places and copy over the data-files that are needed to run Datastream.

Getting Started

Useful links

Datastream extranet (This link provides with you relative information on data and product, user guide documents for DataStream. Password and user name needed, can be found on the Usernames & Passwords page)

For online Navigator:

Login information can be found on the Usernames & passwords page.

Direct link to DataStream on-line tutorial/demo which shows how to use DataStream step by step.

Infostream PDF - online magazine of helpful tips etc.

 

Getting Help

For help please contact the Database Support Desk.

Content

Eventus Software performs event studies that compute abnormal returns for specific corporate actions or events using data directly from CRSP (please link it with CRSP)

Eventus provides user control over estimation periods and cumulative return windows, a choice of raw, comparison period mean adjusted, market adjusted or market model abnormal returns. Simple statements allow the researcher to run a complete event study, from reading the CRSP stock database to print results, with a program as short of as four lines.

Access

Getting Started

Content

A global database of analysts’ forecast earnings per share, cash flow per share, dividends per share, and net profits per share for nearly 30, 000 global companies

Coverage

U.S. data begins in 1976 and international data begins in 1987. Both detailed and consensus data is available. In 2000, I/B/E/S data was integrated with Thomson Financial’s First Call.

Access

You can access this database through WRDS (see the WRDS section for detail information)

Web links.

More information is available from The Datastream Extranet (gives access to comprehensive help pages as well as tearsheets.)

Content

LSPD is a database provided by London Business School that contains monthly data on more than 9,000 UK shares, of which some 3,000 are currently live

Key data includes monthly stock prices as well as data on dividends, share capital, par values, general description and histories of name changes, sector membership, index membership, and risk measure. It also includes a large number of indices covering the sector levels, dividend yields, earning yields, international stock exchange indices, exchange rates, interest rates, economic indices and commodities

Coverage

LSPD provides biographical information for each firm listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1955, and comprehensive coverage since 1975

Access

Available on the dedicated computer in the Reuters Lab. Business School faculty, doctoral students, and visiting researchers can ask for the LSPD CD-ROM to be installed on to their own PC. Please contact the database support desk for further details.

Getting Started

Web links.

Content

Formerly Standard & Pool’s Micropal Workstation, this is a PC-based system designed for the presentation and analysis of collective investment fund data.

Key databases include information on stock markets, indices and foreign exchange rates, a full range of qualitative information on each fund (e.g. Fund Size, Bid/Offer Spread, Management Charge, Volatility).

Coverage

Time series go back over ten years and include over 30,000 funds and 2,000 indices.

Access

Available on the dedicated computer in the Reuters Lab.

Getting Started

Web links

Getting Help

For help please contact the Database Support Desk.

Accessing Reuters 3000Xtra

How to use Reuters 3000Xtra on a machine which has not been set up for it (pdf -

Reminders

  • Only 1 person at a time can use the username and there are 6 more terminals in the Reuters lab.
  • Save your files to your own computer. Don't just leave them on the online server because if you log in with a different username and password you will not be able to see them and anyone else who logs in with the same username and password later will be able to see the work others have saved on the server.

Main Points of the Agreement

  • Only for students at the university doing academic work
  • No trading
  • Never tell anyone the username and password
  • Always credit Reuters as the data source

Usernames

  • xfi-reuters7@ex.ac.uk - StartSomething5
  • xfi-reuters9@ex.ac.uk - Truffling25

Content

WRDS is an internet-based business data service provided by Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. WRDS holds a compilation of (up-to-date) historical data from some of the most comprehensive sources of financial, accounting, economic, management, marketing, banking, and insurance data for research.

Its particular strengths include deep archives of historical data, a common web interface for access to all WRDS databases, and a variety of output file formats. File formats include fixed-format, tab-delimited, comma-separated-values (csv), d-Base (dbf), SAS data sets and transport data sets, and HTML tables. WRDS also permits logons, via SSH, to its UNIX servers for direct analysis of data files with SAS, FORTRAN, or C.

Coverage

The Business School’s current subscription includes

  • COMPUSTAT North America
  • COMPUSTAT Global Vantage
  • CRSP – Daily/Monthly Stocks only
  • I/B/E/S
  • EVENTUS (Software)

Access

  • Available from any on-line PC. Requires username and password.
  • Business School faculty, doctoral students, and visiting researchers can require a personal WRDS account.
  • Detailed instructions on how to Register Wrds.

Getting Started

Web links