An international finance class is researching the foreign equity and debt financing of U.S. companies over the last three years. The standard source for this information is SDC Platinum.
Another source that some of the student have found helpful is Mergent Online. The company synopsis screen includes a tab for “Long-term Debt” with a comprehensive list of all the company’s bond offerings, whether active or matured. (The list can be sorted so the active issues come to the top of the list.) To get the details of the bonds, you need to click on the CUSIP number for each bond. The “Added Details” tab will tell you where the bond was listed and if it was offered globally.
Hi, I tried to log into SDC Platinum at the reference desk to try to do debt and equity financing search. However, I was unable to access the database. Is there a special way to do so? Thanks. Howard
Howard,
If you tried to log on any time before 6 pm, our contract with SDC allows only one user– that might have been your problem. After 6 pm, we can have unlimited number of users.
Please ask a librarian to log you on. Librarians are at the desk from 9 am to 9 pm Monday to Friday and during Saturday and Sunday hours. They will be able to troubleshoot for you.