Companies are required to release a certain amount of information on a regular basis. How much information they disclose depends on a number of factors, including where they're incorporated, and whether or not they're publicly listed on a stock exchange.
Publicly listed companies must release more information than private companies, which can make it a challenge to find certain types of financial data for private companies.
Company information refers to factual information about companies including:
You can use this data for coursework, projects and when looking for a job.
Information taken from City Library databases must not be used for commercial purposes, including for university placements.
Special login details are required for some databases. Business Students can access these on Business Library Moodle 2024-2025. All other students, please email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk for details.
Some financial resources are only available on specific bookable PCs in the library.
Profit and loss, balance sheet, ratios and trends, stock prices, credit score and rating information for major public and private British companies.
Lists of companies can be created using any combination of 300 search items.
Limitation: Please note that Moody's resources may be used for educational research only, and may not be used for institutional business purposes.
Company financials, stock prices, descriptions, history, property, subsidiaries officers and directors, long - term debt and capital stock.
User Guide available in Business Library Moodle 2024-2025. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.
Historical corporate and industry related documents from 1909 to the present day.
Includes digitised manuals from Moody's archives, Ford Equity Research Reports, Annual reports for global companies going back to 1925, and Mergent industry reports from 2003 to 2020.
Full-text coverage of national, regional and international news from a range of sources including newswires. Updated daily and with many titles having a 20 year archive, useful for current affairs and seeing how topics have been reported.
Articles generally have no formatting or images.
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Offers full text from a range of sources including international newspapers, trade publications and magazines. Many titles have a 20 year archive and content is updated daily, making it useful for business, industry news and reports.
Please note that articles generally have no formatting or images.
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Global private company database. Real-time information on venture capital and angel investor-backed private start-ups. M&A and IPO news, private equity and industry analysis.
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System Requirements: You have to be connected to the university network to register for and access this database.
Registration instructions: Students and staff should email the Business Library to request instructions for creating an account.
Your City email address is only used for log-in, CB Information Services do not use this information for any other purpose.
Global financial markets database providing news, analytics, real time pricing for millions of securities world-wide plus extensive historical pricing and stock charts.
Available on campus only from dedicated terminals:
• 7 bookable terminals in the Financial Resources Zone, Business Library
• 10 non-bookable terminals in the Bloomberg Finance Lab, Bunhill Row
• 10 bookable terminals in the Financial Resources Suite, Northampton Square
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Registration instructions: To use Bloomberg, you must create a Bloomberg account.
Certifications: To take Bloomberg Certification in Finance Fundamentals, Market Concept or Environmental Social Governance, see Signing up for Bloomberg for Education.
See our Bloomberg LibGuide for more information.
Detailed financial histories: at least 5 years for listed banks and 3 years for unlisted banks. Includes 'as reported' financial items in English and local languages, using local GAAP and IFRS formats whenever available.
Worldwide coverage of Banks. Includes original filings, corporate structures and the facility to represent data graphically.
Limitation: Please note that Moody's resources can only be used for educational research, and cannot be used for institutional business purposes.
Comprehensive financial data, analytics, and insights for global markets, including real-time news, pricing, and specialist research tools. Includes data from Worldscope, I/B/E/S, Lipper and Asset 4.
Use the Excel Add-in to download data and access Datastream.
Detailed research on over 150,000 active audits and over 10,000 accounting firms. Includes detailed categorisations of issues to enable tracking and analysis of public company disclosures.
WRDS dataset listed under Audit Analytics.
Data on actions, disclosures and correspondence by companies, advisors, regulators and investors. Coverage includes SEC Comment Letters, Litigation, Bankruptcy and Shareholder Activism.
WRDS dataset listed under Audit Analytics.
For information about how companies carry out research, visit our market research guide.
International market research. Offers a comprehensive mix of company, industry, country and financial data for every major marketplace in the world.
Journal articles, case studies, company profiles, industry reports, SWOT analyses. Covers business and economics, with full text access to the Harvard Business Review.
While Business Source Ultimate is primarily used for academic research, you can find market research reports in Business Source Ultimate, too. Search by the company's name, then use the Source Types filter to narrow your results down to Market Research Reports.
Peer-reviewed journal articles, dissertations, conference proceedings, working papers, trade publications, industry reports, and key periodicals including the Wall Street Journal.
Also covers ProQuest Accounting & Tax, Asian Business & Reference, Banking Information Source, Entrepreneurship, and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences.
ProQuest One Business is used mostly for academic research. To find market research reports in ProQuest One Business, use the Advanced Search Screen:
UK, US, China and Global-level research reports for over 400 industries.
Limitation: Please note there is a download limit of 25 reports per session. Specialized Industry Reports are not available as part of our subscription.
User Guides available in Business Library Moodle 2024-2025. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.
UK Market research reports with a rolling two years' data. The focus is on consumer markets including a specialist coverage of the financial sector.
Industry trends, strategic analysis, market size and market share data across key countries and industries. Includes demographic and economic data and packaging information.
Registration instructions: Business School students should register for an account via Business Library Moodle 2024-2025. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk for registration instructions.