Aggregated news from national and local newspapers, magazines, trade publications, and transcripts. Factiva includes access to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Barron's. Content is available in 22 languages. Factiva also houses succinct company profiles, Factiva's indexing tools and more.
ABI/INFORM Global offers the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels. It allows users to research business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape.
Consider using CapIQ if you need current and historical market and financial data and/or want to screen for companies, deals, and persons. To use this database, you will need an account. Go to capitaliq.com and register as a new user with your Darden email account. If you have any trouble registering please contact library@darden.virginia.edu.
Search for the Lipper Tass dataset within WRDS for hedge fund information
Bloomberg Financial Markets (in Camp Library only)
Log on to a library Bloomberg terminal using your Darden username and password and then using the Bloomberg username and password posted near the machine. Use the HRND (go) command to view the Hedge Fund Home Page. Darden does not have access to the Hedge Fund Product, but you can view a list of approximately 1,500 funds ranked by 1 year performance and/or assets. The listing also provides ticker, manager name, fund style and management company. From the Hedge Fund homepage, you can also view latest issues of the Bloomberg Brief on Hedge Funds. The command HEDN (go) takes you to the latest news related to hedge funds.
Please contact the Darden reference librarian if you would like a short tutorial on how to use Bloomberg and install the Excel Addin.
Morningstar Direct (in Camp Library only)
Log on to a computer in the library Capital Markets Room and click open the Morningstar Direct software application. See a librarian if you need Darden's username and password. From the gray menu bar, click on "New" and select "Basic Search" and "Hedge Fund." Click on the "Morningstar Category" box and click on "Global HF" to view and select a fund style. You can also limit funds by country and inception date. Click on "Run Search" and "OK" to view results. Use the drop down menu after "View" to change the type of data you wish to view.
Searching for Hedge Fund information in the Bloomberg Terminal
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