Corporate Actions Data

Listed Equity/CIV Corporate Actions

An overview of Listed Equity/CIV Corporate Actions

  • The desire to mitigate the risk of errors and omissions arising – whilst containing processing expenses – creates a matching demand for timely, complete, accurate and well-structured Corporate Actions Notifications/Narratives.
  • We offer flexible, effective solutions. For example, via DataScope Select, in ISO 15022 MT 564/568 and Proprietary Formats (User-Defined XML/Delimited Layouts). Extractions may be performed on an ad hoc or scheduled basis against custom portfolios. In the latter case, execution may be one-off or recurring for given days and times.
  • The underlying data are quality assured and published intra-day on a continuous (24x7) 15-minute cycle.

Key Facts 

  • Geographical coverage
    Global (110 Nations).
  • History
    Capital Changes from 1974
    Dividends from 1973.
  • Data format
    CSV
    Delimited
    GZIP
    JSON
    Python
    User Interface
    XML
    Zip Archive
  • Delivery mechanism
    API
    Desktop
    Excel
    FTP
    SFTP
  • Data frequency
    Continuous
    24x7x365.

Features & Benefits

What you get with Listed Equity/CIV Corporate Actions

  • Wide Instrument Catchment - We track all qualifying Assets which are Primarily Listed (or Quoted) upon 200+ key Venues situated within 110 Nations (Argentina-Zimbabwe). Overall, this amounts to 88k+ Issuers and 103k+ Securities across 160+ Countries of Incorporation. The footprint fully covers the FTSE Russell Global Equity Markets Index Series (GEIS) Developed (25), Emerging (24) and Frontier (30) Market constituent lists.
  • Broad Event Set - 50+ Notification Types are considered, as applied at three levels: Issuers (e.g. BRUP (Bankruptcy)), Securities (e.g. SPLR (Consolidation Issue)) and Markets (e.g. ACTV (Activation/Resumption)).
  • Diverse Sourcing - Corporate Websites, Custodians/Clearing Houses, Newswires, Regulators, Stock Exchanges/Trading Venues, Editorial Desks, Third Party Data Vendors.
  • Timely Dissemination - Messages are released to DSS in 15-minute batches; the updates are scheduled 24x7x365. For Asia Pacific Markets, Distribution/Restructure data will be available within 1.5 hours of the announcement. For the rest of the world the benchmark is 3 hours. In many cases the publication turnaround is swifter. Notifications are promptly updated, on an ongoing basis, with new/revised information as it becomes available.
  • Deep History - Our (proprietary) archive depth is generally 25+ years for Developed Markets. The G7 average is 40+ years; 5-10+ Emerging or Frontier. For Capital Changes, our earliest message is dated in 1974; 317k+ records all-in. For Dividends, it’s 1973; 2.53m+.
  • Holdings Disclosure Information – We are a leading supplier, offering a specialized data package of 200+ Shares, Voting Rights and Reference facts.

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