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Reuters DataScope is a total solution for historical and reference data needs. It offers comprehensive and accurate equities, fixed income, money markets, futures data with a choice of delivery options from web based to an on-site relational database.


 *Equity end of day prices and corporate actions from more than 180 exchanges
 *Spot rates on 175 currencies, cross and forward rates, futures and options
 *Unrivalled bond coverage with international content from Reuters with the renowned US taxable fixed-income security coverage from the EJV database, resulting from the partnership of the world's top brokers/dealers
 *Cross-referencing for front to back-office integration
 *Global terms and conditions
 *Unlimited open access for flexible use with other data sources

Reuters DataScope offers a choice of delivery options for your organisation. You can choose from the following:


 *Simple portfolio browser-based interface with no additional hardware of software required.
 *Flat file format via the Internet or over a network.
 *An on-site database providing maximum flexibility, integration and ease of use for enterprise access.

All the must have content in one place

Equities

Reuters is widely recognised as second to none when it comes to equities data. That's because we make every effort to ensure you have the most complete information you need - from breadth of pricing data down to the smallest instrument detail.


 *End-of-day pricing (including official close, VWAP and turnover) is available for equities, equity options and warrants as well as a wide range of exchange-traded and third-party indices, market indicators and market statistics.
 *More than 15 years of price history is available for all key equity exchanges. In fact, overall equity coverage includes exchanges from both developed and emerging markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific Rim.
 *Important corporate actions information, such as dividends, earnings and corporate capital changes, are also available in this package, covering even hard-to-find South Asian corporate securities.

Fixed Income

Whether you're a bond trader, financial analyst or portfolio manager, we provide a solution for your historical and reference data needs.

You can tap into vast global bond data with access to more than 1.9 million securities.

We combine the international content from Reuters with the renowned US taxable fixed-income security coverage and quality from the EJV database, a database resulting from the partnership of the world's top broker/dealers


 *Evaluated pricing from the Reuters pricing service for US securities and Reuters composite pricing for non-US securities
 *Global terms and conditions gathered by Reuters data analysts
 *More than 40 government yield curves with price histories dating back to 1993
 *Pricing histories for government, semi-government and corporate securities.

Money and Money derivatives

Reuters DataScope provides access to a wide range of money data, including spots, crosses, forwards, deposits, IBORs and fixings.

Money data is directly sourced from contributors, as well as from Reuters calculated rates which have become a benchmark within the financial community.

Content is gathered from many different countries and time zones, resulting in approximately 20,000 money RICs and up to 20 years of price history.

Future and Options on Futures

Broad and in-depth coverage spans equity, index and foreign-exchange based futures and options on futures. Reuters DataScope delivers end-of-day pricing for exchange-traded instruments and provides facts that include settlement, last trade, daily high, low, open and volume.

Stay ahead with timely updates

You don't have to wait until the end of the day or market open for updates. We keep you ahead of the game with critical new issues and bond updates which are processed 24/7 by Reuters Market analysts.

Simplify tasks from front to back office

You can now simplify time consuming and complex tasks throughout your organisation. Reuters DataScope allows your organisation to cross-reference market security identifiers to their associated Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs). You are provided with a choice of key industry-standard numbering codes for securities, including SEDOL, CUSIP, ISIN, Common Code, Wertpapier and more.

Quick decisions with accurate data

With Reuters DataScope you won't have to spend valuable time and resources checking data quality - we do it for you. We understand the importance of quality data that's why prior to release we perform many different quality checks to ensure our data is of the highest standard. Data is assigned a grade from 0-3 any that fails, that is not O, is then verified manually by a data analyst. Once a price is confirmed and/or corrected, it is re-graded and re-transmitted in a corrections file.

Flexible delivery options to suit your needs

Reuters DataScope offers a choice of delivery options to suit your organisational needs.

Portfolio browser based application

Comprehensive portfolio pricing in the convenience of your browser. No additional hardware or software is necessary. Portfolios can be downloaded via the browser, FTP or to Microsoft) Excel and easily integrated into your internal systems.

Easy access straight from the Internet - FTP flat file

Bulk files are provided in flat file format with clear header records over Reuters secured network. Files are released globally as each local market closes providing full updates to all trading activity for that day.

On-site Sybase database

The data resides on the organisation LAN in a relational database allowing API and/or SQL access. This will enable the choice of either intraday or nightly batch updates.

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