LibGuides@Southampton: Economics: Company & Financial Information

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Most databases are not free - the Library or the Southampton Business School pays for access. So, you will normally either need to be on campus, connected to SVE (or VPN) or logged in with a password. Click on the icons next to each database for more information.

Database Guides

UK Company Information

Fame
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Detailed information about UK and Irish companies for the last 10 years, including publicly listed and private companies. WORKS BEST IN GOOGLE CHROME OR FIRE FOX.

You must log in with your SUSSED username and password both on campus and off campus. Fame can be used to research individual companies or find a group of companies that fit a specific profile and analyse them. Fame includes: Company financials, in detailed format, with up to 10 years of history; Financial strength indicators; Directors and contacts; Original filings/images as filed at Companies House and the Companies Registration Office in Ireland; Stock data for listed companies; Detailed corporate structures and the corporate family; Shareholders and subsidiaries; Industry research; Adverse filings; Business and company-related news; M&A deals and rumours

Search for disqualified company directors
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Links to freely available registers of disqualified company directors, provided by the UK Government.
Companies House service (beta/trial version)
A free database of UK registered companies provided by Companies House. Includes company overview, basic details for directors/officers, PDF versions of documents filed with Companies House and charges.

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For detailed information on UK companies and to download data for multiple companies, please use Fame. However, this database may sometimes be more up-to-date than Fame.

International Company Information

FitchConnect
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FOR ACCESS, PLEASE EMAIL libenqs@soton.ac.uk. Detailed information, including financial statements, ratios and credit ratings for over 30,000 banks worldwide. Data is available for the last 10 years. It also includes economic data and credit ratings for countries, and bonds and securities for banks. We do not have access to data for insurance companies. WORKS BEST IN GOOGLE CHROME

Up to 30 years of data is available via the Excel Add-in but this is complex to use. For details, click on the green ? icon.

Passport (Euromonitor International)
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Provides statistics and in depth reports on companies, industries and countries worldwide. Includes consumer trends, demographic data, socioeconomic data, macroeconomic data and global reports.
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services)
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WRDS provides access to a range of third party research data via a web interface. Data can also be downloaded directly from their server or via PC-SAS. You must register before you can use it.

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Most data is for the USA. For details, click on the green ? icon.
Zephyr
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Provides information on mergers & acquisitions (M&A) deals and rumours globally for over 10 years, and is updated hourly. Includes Initial Public Offering (IPO), private equity and venture capital deals and rumours. Also includes summary financials for companies. WORKS BEST IN GOOGLE CHROME OR FIRE FOX.

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The information is collected by Bureau van Dijk researchers from a large number of sources world-wide. References to sources are provided in all cases. For more recent deals links to source documents are included, where available (e.g. press releases, SEC and other filings). Bureau van Dijk purchased Zephyr in 2003 and the most comprehensive data is available from the end of November 2003 onwards.

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Zephyr
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Provides information on mergers & acquisitions (M&A) deals and rumours globally for over 10 years, and is updated hourly. Includes Initial Public Offering (IPO), private equity and venture capital deals and rumours. Also includes summary financials for companies. WORKS BEST IN GOOGLE CHROME OR FIRE FOX.

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The information is collected by Bureau van Dijk researchers from a large number of sources world-wide. References to sources are provided in all cases. For more recent deals links to source documents are included, where available (e.g. press releases, SEC and other filings). Bureau van Dijk purchased Zephyr in 2003 and the most comprehensive data is available from the end of November 2003 onwards.

Corporate Governance

WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services)
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WRDS provides access to a range of third party research data via a web interface. Data can also be downloaded directly from their server or via PC-SAS. You must register before you can use it.

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Most data is for the USA. For details, click on the green ? icon.