Databases Accessible by CBE Staff and Research Students (as at 10/02/2016)
Variables
Country
Years*
Database Access
Annual Reports Online
Annual reports, announcements and
documents for ASX-listed and delisted
companies
Australia
1995 onwards
Internet access via the ANU library website at
http://anulib.anu.edu.au/online/eresources/
Audit Analytics
Audit and compliance information for all
SEC registrants plus actions, disclosures and
correspondence by companies, advisors,
regulators and investors
US
2000 onwards
Internet access via Wharton Research Data
Services at http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu/
BoardEx
Board and director details for publicly listed
and some prominent private companies
US
1999 onwards
As above
Compustat Executive
Compensation
Compensation of top executives in public
companies
US
1992 onwards
As above
Compustat Global
Accounting and market data for public
companies
Global
1979 onwards
As above
Compustat North
America
Accounting and market data for public
companies
North America
1950 onwards
As above
Compustat Ratings
Xpress
Credit ratings for public companies and the
instruments they issue
Global
1920 onwards
As above
Compustat Segments
Business, geographic, operating and state
segment data for public companies
North America
1976 onwards
As above
Compustat Unrestated
Quarterly
Unrestated accounting data for public
companies
North America
1987 onwards
As above
Connect4
Annual reports, corporate financing and
corporate governance data for all ASXlisted companies
Australia
1991 onwards
Internet access on any College computer at
http://www.connect4.com.au
Database
(Alphabetical Order)
*
As the period of coverage is not consistent across variables in many databases, the start and end years included in this field represent the times when the database first provides coverage of any sort or
ceases coverage altogether respectively.
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Database
Variables
Country
Years*
Database Access
CRSP
Prices, returns and volumes for publicly
traded shares, indices, mutual funds and
portfolios plus treasury data
US
1925 onwards
Internet access via Wharton Research Data
Services at http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu/
CSMAR
Financial statements plus share prices and
returns for publicly traded companies as well
as closed-end and open-end funds
China
1990 onwards
As above
DatAnalysis Premium
Accounting data, annual reports, operational
overviews, ownership structure, corporate
financing activities and corporate governance
mechanisms for ASX-listed and delisted
companies
Australia
1989 onwards
Internet access via the ANU library website at
http://anulib.anu.edu.au/online/eresources/
Datastream
Economic times series plus prices and
volumes for publicly traded shares, bonds,
indices and derivatives
Global
50 years
Access (with prior booking at the RSFAS
Office) for a maximum of 2 hours from Room
3.51, the Honours Lab or PAP Moran 1014.
Dealscan
Loan pricing, contract details, terms and
conditions
Global
1981 onwards
Internet access via Wharton Research Data
Services at http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu/
I/B/E/S
Security analyst forecasts, actuals and trading
recommendations for public companies
Global
1970 onwards
Two points of access:
1. Via Wharton Research Data Services at
http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu/; or,
2. Access (with prior booking at the RSFAS
Office) via the Datastream interface for a
maximum of 2 hours from Room 3.51, the
Honours Lab or PAP Moran 1014.
Insider Holdings
Insider holdings and trading activity in public
companies as reported on filings of SEC
forms 3, 4, 5 and 144.
US
1980 onwards
Internet access via Wharton Research Data
Services at http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu/
(Alphabetical Order)
*
As the period of coverage is not consistent across variables in many databases, the start and end years included in this field represent the times when the database first provides coverage of any sort or
ceases coverage altogether respectively.
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Database
Variables
Country
Years*
Database Access
ISS
(formerly
RiskMetrics)
Details of corporate governance mechanisms
and directors of public companies
US
1990 onwards
Internet access via Wharton Research Data
Services at http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu/
Institutional (13f)
Holdings
Institutional holdings in public companies as
reported on filings of SEC form 13f.
US
1980 onwards
As above
Mergent FISD
Issue and issuer details for publicly offered
bonds
Social ratings for public companies
US
1950 onwards
As above
US
1991 onwards
As above
Mutual Fund
Holdings
(formerly CDA)
Mutual fund holdings in public companies
primarily as reported in filings of SEC form
N-30D.
US
1979 onwards
As above
OptionMetrics
Prices and implied volatilities for publicly
traded shares and index options
US
1996 onwards
As above
RepRisk
Environmental, social and governance risks
for public and private companies
Global
2007 onwards
As above
TAQ
Intraday trade and quote data for publicly
traded shares
US
1993 onwards
As above
Worldscope
Accounting data for public companies
Global
Last 20 years
Access via the Datastream interface (with prior
booking at the RSFAS Office) for a maximum
of 2 hours from Room 3.51, the Honours Lab
or PAP Moran 1014.
Zacks
Earnings, sales estimates, analyst ratings,
price targets and recommendations for public
companies
North America
1979 onwards
Internet access via Wharton Research Data
Services at http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu/
(Alphabetical Order)
MSCI
(formerly KLD)
* As the period of coverage is not consistent across variables in many databases, the start and end years included in this field represent the times when the database first provides coverage of any
sort or ceases coverage altogether respectively.
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