Indices and Factors

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.

LSEG Workspace contains information on commodities, equities, fixed income securities and hedge funds, foreign exchange and money markets, and wealth management.

Various services are available via the Workspace platform, in particular the Datastream database.

The database

• contains tools for navigating news, including videos of live and on-demand equity news broadcasts.
• offers key market data, charts, time series analysis and streaming news from Reuters and other financial institutions and market research companies for price analysis and global indices of individual stocks.
• contains charts and fundamental data, proprietary data and analysis to provide actionable insights into the global stock market.

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

Please contact us for access to LSEG Workspace and Datastream.

E-Mail to: lica-data@wiso.uni-koeln.de

Learning Centre:

• https://www.lseg.com/en/training/learning-centre

IEA Statistics provides a comprehensive selection of consistent, up-to-date and reliable energy data and statistics from the International Energy Agency, including charts and tables on 16 energy topics for more than 170 countries and regions.

The IEA collects, evaluates and disseminates statistics on supply, trade, stocks, transformation and demand in the energy sector. It provides access to energy balances and a range of other key energy-related indicators, including:

• energy prices
• public R&D
• energy efficiency measures. 

The platform can be used, for example, for modelling work and tracking both short-term developments and long-term trends in countries’ energy transitions.

(More on IEA's work on data and statistics)

You can edit and export the data according to your needs and create customised graphics.

Keywords:Germany, European Union, Indices and Factors, Statistics, Economics , Energy and Environment

The licensed data and statistics of the IEA can be accessed via the university network (and via VPN)

Instructions for IP recognition access (PDF)

Any questions? Please write to: lica-data(at)wiso.uni-koeln.de

Notice: Since July 2024, it is no longer be possible to access licensed IEA data via the OECD iLibrary.

Manuals:

• https://www.iea.org/about/data-and-statistics/manuals
• https://www.iea.org/about/data-and-statistics/questionnaires

Training:

• https://www.iea.org/about/data-and-statistics/training

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