This document provides an overview of the FAME, AMADEUS, and BANKSCOPE databases, including their content, key features, searching capabilities, and reports. It also discusses Cranfield University's experience using these databases, noting heavy usage by various programs. While the databases provide valuable data, their interfaces are outdated. A new beta version is being tested to improve functionality and modernize the search interfaces.

1. Key FinancialsFAME, AMADEUS, and BANKSCOPE Suzanne Griffiths Information Specialist, Cranfield University s.t.griffiths@cranfield.ac.uk Business Librarians Association, Aston University Library, Birmingham December 7, 2009

2. Outline Demonstration of databases including Content and Key features Searching Reports and analysis Vendor support Our experience at Cranfield New beta versions Value for Money? Questions and Discussion

3. FAME Content What is it? Financial Analysis Made Easy (FAME) a database of company information UK and Irish companies 3.1 million active companies, 2.1 million of which are in a detailed format 3.7 million inactive companies Covers both public and private companies

4. FAME CONTENT Contact information Company Directors Advisors Financial Information 29 profit and loss account and 63 balance sheet items, cash flow and ratios Credit score rating Stock Exchange security and price information Competitor Information Peer group data Industry data Geographical data Ownership details of company structure holdings and subsidiaries Shareholder details News and latest annual returns and other reports

5. Key features Range and depth of data -10 years Flexibility of searching Quick Expert Reports Overview Peer group analysis Customizable Graphical representation

6. Finding your way around FAME Overview of screen Quick Search Expert Search Tabs Support

7. Quick Search

8. Quick Search Company Name or registered number Location Industry Look up function useful for industry sector Size; employees, turnover, assets Legal form public or private Ownership M&A Deals Status Top Companies

9. Quick Search Demo Find a list of the large retail companies in UK and Ireland . Ensure the companies are : Active Public Have more than 2000 employees Examine Tesco Company, Peer Group and Analysis Reports. Change peer report from table to graph. Trash search

10. Search

11. Choose Report

12. Search Results

13. Tesco Company Report

14. Company Report Graph Options

15. Peer Reports Top 10-20 companies in peer group Choose how to rank companies i.e. turnover Choose year of data Format of peer report 1 Table 2 Ratios Change criteria for ranking – click on column Presentation – change from table to graph

16. Peer Report Format 1

17. Peer Report Format 2

18. Graphs

19. Peer Analysis

20. Peer Analysis Limit to 500 companies or less in your group for downloading Results can be graphically represented in charts or graphs

21. Expert Search

22. Expert Search Company Identification numbers Geographic location Activity/Industry No of employees Financials Ratios Credit Score or Rating Ownership data M & A deals Divesting Shareholders Stock data Directors/contacts Advisors/Auditors Legal form Active/inactive Accounting data Misc

23. Building Search parameters using SIC/geographic areas Geographic CountryRegion/Postcode area/Post townPostcodePostcode rangesCountyTelephone dialing areaTelephone dialing codeAddress Activity/Industry Activity descriptionOverviewUK SIC (2003)NICE Rev. 2US SICNAILS 2007Standard Peer GroupsMajor SectorsBrand names

24. Director searching Search for Directors in various ways Director Name Director/Contact PositionNo of DirectorsDirector NationalityDirector Date of BirthDirector GenderDirector Appointment DateDirector Resignation DateDirectors who are Shareholders

25. Research for jobs Target a specific area or industry and find out key companies Registered address Key directors Financial data Credit rating

26. Company Ownership Company ownership data is extensive Holding/ Subsidiaries/Affiliates Foreign ownership Shareholders Special team of researchers based in BVD Brussels populating the ownership database There are 25 million active and archived links providing information on over 7 million companies. Separate user manual on ownership information

27. Company Ownership Extract from BVD ownership manual – “The information collected in the database is processed and analyzed in order to: Qualify companies according to their degree of independence with regard to their shareholders; List the shareholders of a given company with their percentage of ownership; Indicate, if any, the Global Ultimate Owner (GUO)and the Domestic Ultimate Owner (DUO) of a given company; Provide the evolution of the ownership of the shareholders in a company List the direct and indirect subsidiaries of a given company together with their percentage of ownership; Qualify such direct and indirect subsidiaries with regard to their ownership status (Ultimately Owned by the given company or not)”

28. Expert Search 300 different search criteria available for selection Rerun searches easily Edit Activate Deactivate Delete steps in search Edit the Boolean operators

29. Expert Search Find companies which meet the following criteria : Active in scheduled air transport located in England Have a Profit margin of 10% Owned by North American shareholders Show how to modify search How to change Boolean operators

30. Building Expert Search

31. Editing a Boolean Search

32. AMADEUS Content Up to 14 million private and public European companies 25 Balance sheet, 25 profit and loss, 25 ratio items Comprehensive business activity descriptions and codes Various levels of subscription Top 360,000 large and very large Ownership tree Same interface as FAME

33. EXPERT SEARCH Additional searches NOT in FAME National ID numbers Category of companies Size based on turnover, employees, assets Industry codes Some unique to Europe Demo Orange France

37. BANKSCOPE Content Subject coverage Information on over 29,000 public and private banks worldwide (13,757 US) Type of information Up to 16 years data, 200 data items and 36 bank ratios Bank ratings by Fitch, Standard and Poor, Moody's Country risk rating Dates of coverage 1995 onwards

38. BANKSCOPE Demo search Natwest

43. Vendor Support Product Support Within product, Support Fame Internet Quick Guide Product Ownership Telephone

44. Cranfield Experience: Customer Groups Cranfield Campus Students 2,934 CRH 270, SAS 758, SOE 1052 SOM 854 Shrivenham Campus students MOD Defence and Security Staff Executive Delegates Alumni

45. Cranfield Experience : Database Use Heavily used by MSc Finance Assignments Thesis and Faculty research (invaluable unlisted companies) Customized library training Widely used in SOM MSc and MBA programmes Company research Job hunting

46. Cranfield Experience : Database Use Used in Management courses for SAS, CRH, SOE. Executive Development programmes Peer Analysis Business development Used by university staff for business proposals

47. Cranfield Experience :Usage Statistics FAME 08/09 96,433 minutes 4,481 Sessions 21.52 mins average 07/08 88,058 minutes 4,823 Sessions 18.25 mins average AMADEUS 08/09 6,479 minutes 707 Sessions 9.16 mins average 07/08 21,305 minutes 906 Sessions 23.51 mins average

48. Cranfield Experience Likes Accommodate all our different user groups Easy to switch between products Accessible over internet Wealth of data on listed/ unlisted, active/inactive Updated daily Peer Analysis Reports Easy to complex searches Director contact info Dislikes Names of databases Downloading issues Clunky outdated unfriendly interfaces Online Help Too many clicks to print Pop up blockers Lack of interaction with bibliographic software

49. New Beta Version Why? Dated, needed modern interfaces Easier, more intuitive for occasional users Beta version in testing now Spring 2010 full launch. It will run with old version for 1 year Content and frequency of updates same, improved functionally

50. New Beta Version Main changes upgraded search interfaces A – Z listing search options Reports more customizable, ownership trees Search history captured Online support tutorials

51. Value for Money? Value for Money policy Key factors at Cranfield Contract price; UK£/US$ Usage stats Cost per view, Cost per download Cost per session Uniqueness of product FAME best value for money of BVD products

52. Questions and Discussion How you are using FAME and do your users have similar comments on functionality/interfaces? How do you find the support provided by BVD? Do you think it’s Value for Money? Do you think there are any better products? How do you market FAME to your users?