Reference Data

Leading the way in reference data

Interactive Data delivers timely, high-quality reference data for more than 6 million financial instruments, helping clients to improve risk management, maintain compliance with regulatory mandates and maximize operational efficiency across the enterprise.

Interactive Data is intently focused on providing clients with high-quality reference data and has continued to strengthen its programs to help measure the quality, accuracy and timeliness of reference data provided to client organizations.

The Company’s experienced researchers compile information from a broad range of sources, including exchanges, underwriters, government agencies, issuers and other authoritative sources. Interactive Data strives to ensure that clients receive the full benefit of its expertise, acquired over many decades of involvement in an ever-changing business environment.

Coverage of over 6 million global instruments
Essential identification and settlement information, such as identifier, issuer name, exchange, ticker, currency, payment, frequency, coupon rate, maturity date, dated date, settlement date, first payment date and accrual method
Detailed terms and conditions data for debt (corporates, government, agency, municipal) and preferred and convertible stock, including call, put and sinking fund schedules, conversion details, coupon reset terms, payment-in-kind and step-up data, and default and credit enhancement data for municipal bonds
Tracking of corporate action event lifecycle with comprehensive, timely information on more than 100 corporate action types, including mergers, rights offerings, tender offers, name changes, bankruptcies, recapitalizations, cash dividends, stock dividends, mutual fund payments, exchange listing changes and other shareholder notifications
Dividends, income payment details (including qualified dividend tax status information), earnings and amounts outstanding
Extensive classification and cross-reference information including a wide range of international security identifiers
Agency credit ratings from Moody’s, S&P and Fitch
U.S. securities class actions information
Tax consequence and cost basis information for corporate actions
Business entity data, including issue, issuer and parent entity
Factor and related data for structured securities