Banks

The integrated global database Compustat from S&P Global provides balance sheet and market data for active and inactive listed companies in a standardised format.
The following Compustat modules are available:

• Compustat Global & daily updates: Non-U.S. and non-Canadian fundamental and market information on over 33,900 active and inactive publicly held companies
• Compustat North America & daily updates: U.S. and Canadian fundamental and market information on active and inactive publicly held companies. It provides more than 300 annual and 100 quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items. For most companies, annual history is available back to 1950 and quarterly history back to 1962 with monthly market history back to 1962. Compustat North America files also contain information on aggregates, industry segments, banks, market prices, dividends, and earnings.
• Compustat Historical Segments: supplements the ‘North America’ module with historical data, for over 23,000 North American companies since 1976

Compustat data is provided via the Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS) interface. (Access via WRDS)

Keywords: Banks , Company Info and Financial Statements , Indices and Factors , Stock Prices / Market

Access only possible with a WRDS account.
You can find out how to apply for an account here.

The I/B/E/S database contains the earnings estimates (EPS) of banks and individual analysts. The estimates are offered to American companies (HSEPSUS) and international companies (HSEPSINT). Explore I/B/E/S on WRDS to access summary and individual analyst forecasts of company earnings, estimates and recommendations. Enhance your research using I/B/E/S, I/B/E/S Global Aggregates, I/B/E/S Key Performance Indicators (KPI), and I/B/E/S Guidance.

Within I/B/E/S, access:

• I/B/E/S Global Aggregates Extract earnings forecasts plus related data for 87 countries and major international indices — global asset allocation, cross-border valuation, sector and industry aggregation and derivatives.
• I/B/E/S Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Effectively evaluate a business and how likely it is to perform in the medium and long terms. KPIs allow researchers to effectively evaluate a business and how likely it is to perform in the medium and long terms.
• I/B/E/S Guidance Directly compare analyst and management expectations on company performance for over 8,200 companies, safe in the knowledge that they are using the same accounting basis for consistent analysis.

(Access via WRDS)

Keywords: Banks , Company Info and Financial Statements

Access only possible with a WRDS account.
You can find out how to apply for an account here.

Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is a web-based platform from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. It integrates data from numerous financial and economic databases into a single interface, allowing users to search, link, and store data uniformly, thereby facilitating comparability and combined data analysis.

Overbiew of data providers

The database offerings are divided into two categories: 

Databases included with the base WRDS subscription (included datasets & analytics):

• Bank Regulatory
• Blockholders
• CBOE
• DMEF
• Dow Jones
• Fama French
• FDIC
• Federal Reserve Bank Reports
• IRI
• OTC Markets
• Penn World Tables
• Philadelphia Stock Exchange
• SEC Disclosure of Order Execution
• TRACE

Databases accessible via WRDS with an additional licence purchased from the respective data provider (Additional Datasets & Analytics), e.g.

• Amadeus/Orbis
• Audit + Compliance
• COMPUSTAT
• CRSP
• Eventus
• I/B/E/S
• MFLinks
• Ownership
• Worldscope…

Keywords: Banks , Bonds and fixed Income , Company Info and Financial Statements , Currency Exchange Rates , Derivatives / Options , Indices and Factors , Stock Prices / Markets , Statistics, Economy

How do I get access into WRDS?

To apply for WRDS access, you must meet the following requirements:

• You are a member (student or employee) of the WiSo faculty.
• You have a valid Uni-Köln identifier (Uni-KIM).

1. Faculty internal application procedure

The following groups of people can apply for a WRDS account:

• Please fill out the appropriate registration form digitally,
• sign it (for student accounts, the signature of the supervising person is also absolutely necessary) and
• send it to lica-data(at)wiso.uni-koeln(dot)de.

Following this, you can create a personal account at WRDS as described below.

2. Personal registration on the WRDS platform

• Open in the web browser: https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/register/
• Fill out the online form and select "University of Cologne" in the subscriber field and select your appropriate account type in the User Type field.
• After registration, an email will be sent to the WRDS administrators who will then verify WiSo faculty affiliation.
• Once approved by the WRDS administrators, your personal WRDS account will be created and you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to proceed.

Important notice

If you already have a WRDS account - active or recently inactive - do not request another WRDS account. Use the account-transfer-form to automatically transfer the account or contact the WRDS Support.

• Regulations and explanation for access to WRDS
• Getting Started Guide
• Video Tutorials