Compustat provides balance sheet and market data of active and non-active listed companies in a standardized form. (Acces 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.

CRSP US Stock contains the current status of market and corporate action data for securities listed on NYSE, MKT, NASDAQ and Arca.

(Access via WRDS)

Keywords:  Stock Prices / Markets

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

Identify trends, generate and test hypotheses, and develop viewpoints and research. Loaded with 120 years of information, Datastream is the world’s most comprehensive financial time series database.

Keywords: Stock Prices / Markets , Currency Exchange Rates

Only for members of the WiSo factual database agreement

For further information please contact us.

Learning Centre:

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

Eikon is a service mainly for financial experts with information on commodities, equities, fixed-income securities and hedge funds, on the foreign exchange & money market and on wealth management.

Various services are available via the Eikon platform, in particular the Datastream database and the Worldscope database. The database contains tools for navigating news including videos of live and on-demand equity news broadcasts. It provides key market data, charts, time series analysis and streaming news from Reuters and other financial institutions and market research firms for price analysis and global indices of individual stocks. It also includes charts and fundamentals, proprietary data and analysis to provide actionable insights into the global equity market.

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

Only for members of the WiSo factual database agreement

Access to Datastream and LSEG Eikon is provided via a terminal. During the coronavirus pandemic, access is handled remotely via AnyDesk software.

Please contact us for further information.

Learning Centre:

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

With around 5,000 industry reports, the IBISWorld database offers detailed market analyses for many important global markets.

Each report contains both quantitative and qualitative trend analyses of industry-specific statistics, operating conditions, risks, product and market segments and the competitive environment, including key industry players.

Key external factors and other industry drivers are incorporated into IBISWorld's exclusive five-year industry forecasts.

ESG reports are also available for some markets.

Further information on IBISWorld can be found at:
https://www.ibisworld.com/products/industry-research/

Keywords: Company Info and Financial Statements, Wirtschaft, Statistik, Stock Prices / Markets, Deutschland, Europäische Union

Accessible from the university network (and by VPN) via: https://my.ibisworld.com/
(Access until 29.02.2024)

We welcome your feedback on this trial offer!
Please write to: lica-data(at)wiso.uni-koeln.de.

Manuals:

• https://help.ibisworld.com/en/

Videos auf YouTube:

• https://www.youtube.com/@IBISWorld1971/videos

MarketLine Advantage is a database in which international market, industry and company research can be carried out. The data is prepared according to the following types of information:

• Industry profiles for searches by industries and markets in different countries. These provide a concise overview of the market situation
• Company profiles with data on company history, business activity, competitor companies, partly with SWOT analyses, etc.
• Case studies
• Country information with macroeconomic framework data and indicators, as well as a political overview (PEST / PESTLE)
• News archive for industry-related news (Company News, Financial Deals)
• Social media analytics

Number of data sets: more than 6,000 industry profiles, more than 100,000 company profiles (with more than 12,000 SWOT analyses) more than 18,000 company financial information, more than 450 case studies and about 110 country analyses

Depending on the licence, it is also possible to use the interactive databases to create your own datasets and analyses.

Language: English. Update: daily

Keywords: Economy

Accessible from the university network (by VPN)

The MF Links database offers tables that provide a reliable way to link CRSP Mutual Fund data (fund development, costs, further information) to the securities portfolio data of the Mutual Fund Ownership Current and History database of Thomson Reuters. (Access via WRDS)

Keywords: Stock Prices / Markets

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

The database provides information on securities holdings for all registered investment funds that report their holdings to the SEC. The securities include all NYSE/AMEX/NASDAQ, Toronto, and Montreal ordinary shares. (Access via WRDS)

Keywords: Stock Prices / Markets

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

Orbis Europe contains information from European companies, banks and insurance companies. Company and shareholding data as well as financial figures for listed and unlisted companies from the last 10 years are available.

With Orbis you can analyse individual companies, search for companies with certain characteristics and carry out a wide range of evaluations and comparisons.
The following information is contained in the data records:

• Standardised financial statement data (consolidated and non-consolidated)  
• Financial ratios, ratings and creditworthiness indicators
• Board members, managing directors and managers
• Share prices of listed companies
• Detailed information on company networks
• Industry reports
• M&A transactionen from the BvD Zephyr database (on a company basis)
• Patent data (on a company basis)
• ESG ratings
• and much more

Keywords: Company Info and Financial Statements , Stock Prices / Markets 

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

Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS) is a web-based retrieval tool of Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. WRDS provides a business intelligence, data analytics, and research platform to global institutions enabling comprehensive thought leadership, historical analysis, and insight into the latest innovations in academic research. Search, combine and save information from various databases and different data providers via a singular search interface or use your own software to connect with the database.

See list of data vendors

WRDS consists of two different kinds of databases:

1. Databases that are included automatically when subscribing to WRDS (included datasets & analytics): Bank Regulatory, Blockholders, CBOE, DMEF, Dow Jones, Fama French, FDIC, Federal Reserve Bank Reports, IRI, OTC Markets, Penn Wold Tables, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, SEC Disclosure of Order Execution, TRACE.
2. Databases that can be included in WRDS search with a separate license with the data providers (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.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