How do I... - Friday 15 November 2019
The financial resources
The Learning Center gives access to numerous resources providing financial information.
Unlike the industry report and academic resources, access to these databases is limited. Please check the special features for each resource.
Multipurpose resources:
Capital IQ:
Updated financial information about companies and markets.
Access:
Capital IQ is remotely accessible. You must create an account when you first visit Capital IQ.
Financial Times:
International financial sector news, information about companies and markets.
Access:
FT.com is remotely accessible. You must create an account when you first visit FT.
Datastream:
Financial and macroeconomic data with 60 years of history.
Access:
You can use Datastream directly from your computer. To do so, you first need to email learningcenter@essec.edu to request access to Eikon, then install it and add Datastream from the Excel add-on menu.
Real-time multipurpose resources:
Bloomberg:
Market and stock real-time data.
Access:
Bloomberg is accessible from the 12 computers of the FinLab in Cergy and one in the Learning Center in Singapore.
Eikon:
Information, analytics and news on financial markets.
Eikon also gives access to information provided by IBES and ThomsonOne.
Access:
You must contact us by email at learningcenter@essec.edu to request a login and then download Eikon on your computer (or use the web version).
MorningStar Direct:
Investment analysis platform built for asset management and financial services professionals.
Access:
Contact us by email at learningcenter@essec.edu to request a login, then use it to sign in on the website.
Resources providing information about companies:
Compustat:
Financial and market data covering 99% of the world's companies back up to 20 years.
Access:
Compustat is remotely accessible, through the WRDS portal. Enter your ESSEC email address to receive a Day Pass (temporary link that allows you to access WRDS databases for 24 hours).
Permanent Faculty and Ph.D. students can have a personal account.
Diane:
Financial data for more than 1 million companies in France.
Access:
Diane is accessible remotely.
Orbis:
Economic and financial data on public and private companies worldwilde.
Access:
Orbis is accessible remotely.
Other specific resources:
AuditAnalytics:
Detailed audit information on over 1,200 accounting firms and 15,000 publicly registered companies.
Access:
AuditAnalytics is remotely accessible, through the WRDS portal. Enter your ESSEC email address to receive a Day Pass (temporary link that allows you to access WRDS databases for 24 hours).
Permanent Faculty and Ph.D. students can have a personal account.
CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices):
NYSE, AMEX & Nasdaq stock data related to over 20,000 companies.
Access:
CRSP is remotely accessible, through the WRDS portal. Enter your ESSEC email address to receive a Day Pass (temporary link that allows you to access WRDS databases for 24 hours).
Permanent Faculty and Ph.D. students can have a personal account.
I/B/E/S -Institutional Brokers Estimates System:
Detailed and historical earnings estimates for more than 70,000 companies around the globe.
Access:
I/B/E/S is remotely accessible, through the WRDS portal. Enter your ESSEC email address to receive a Day Pass (temporary link that allows you to access WRDS databases for 24 hours).
Permanent Faculty and Ph.D. students can have a personal account.
A tutorial video series about access to financial data, in the Learning Center's databases, is available on Moodle:
