A beginner’s guide to sourcing a company beta
Beta is the measurement of a company’s common stock price volatility relative to the market. If you’re trying to find a current beta for a company there are a number of places to look. These ...
Introducing… Bloomberg Environmental Social Governance (ESG)
Those of you interested in working with ESG will want to check out Bloomberg's latest e-learning package on the topic. Access Bloomberg via the terminals in the SOM Library. To start the course, if you ...
Re-introducing Boardex for research on company boards and directors
Recently there have been some changes to the BoardEx service so here is a short reminder of what kinds of information the service holds. What is BoardEx? BoardEx provides global board and senior management information ...
How do I reference financial data… in the APA7 style?
We all know how to cite and reference from books, journals, the internet and even blog posts, but what about financials? Just like information from other sources, data retrieved from a specialist finance resource should ...
Introducing…. Orbis BankFocus
For anyone researching the financial sector, Orbis BankFocus is a great place to start, providing financial and company data for finance institutions and companies. The service allows you to search for a single company or ...
Finding a share prospectus in Capital IQ
When you are researching an equity offering, one of the key items you will need is the prospectus, also known as the offer document or listing particulars. It is a legally-specified document, filed by the ...
Company codes – CUSIP, SEDOL, ISIN…. What do they mean and how can you use them in our resources?
As you use our many finance resources you will probably notice unique company identifiers which may be codes or symbols. It is worth spending some time getting to know what these are and which resources ...
Introducing… the UK Data Service (UKDS)
If you’re looking for a gateway to key economic and social data, then you might like to take a look at the UK Data Service (UKDS). What's included? Offering a wide range of secondary data ...
Where can I find credit ratings for companies?
A credit rating (or score) is a measure of a company or corporation’s ability to meet their financial commitments based on their previous dealings. It can also be viewed as a measure of a company’s credit worthiness when ...
Saving your searches in Factiva
Factiva can be very useful to keep yourself informed on the international press - but did you know it was possible to save a Factiva search to re-run it whenever you like so that you ...