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Although a few UCL departments provide access to Bloomberg, these are reserved for staff and students from these departments only. Bloomberg Data Terminals aren’t available in UCL Libraries, but you can request a licence to LSEG Workspace which provides access to a wide range of financial data. In order to obtain a licence, please contact the e-resources team. For further guidance on accessing the resource and basic navigation, please view the available support material.
You may use the Advanced Search - Funds.
Type FUNDSRCH in the search box to launch the application.
Once open, you can use the filters on the left-hand side of the screen.
Select Add beside Instrument Type.
Run a search for hedge and click Done.
Users can type the RIC - Reuters Instrument Code - plus OFFD into the Workspace search bar. e.g. AAPL.O OFFD, to access officers and the detail view. Use the RIC plus OFF, e.g. AAPL.O OFF, to access officers and detail overview.
Alternatively, type in the instrument RIC and from the main page navigate to ESG>Detail. This goes through to the same page, Officers and Directors Details.
This tutorial covers how to access a range of data sources available to you at UCL, with overviews of financial and business databases and repositories of relevance to the social sciences. It includes videos and practical activities. To complete the entire tutorial takes approx. 60 minutes, but you can also skip through to particular sections of interest. Please note, the videos in this tutorial require a UCL userid and password to view.