Master of Finance Library Orientation: Company Information

The Marketline Advantage database is divided into Industry, Country, and Company. It covers SWOT company profiles for over 2500 public and private enterprises worldwide, accessing fast and reliable insights on thousands of industry sectors including Porter’s Five Forces analysis, accessing a top-level view of the business landscape in over 110 countries.

Detailed information, news and corporate financial information for public companies. Canadian, American and International in scope. Search by company name and then choose from the menu of options along the top of the screen. Links to Edgar are available where relevant. Also includes industry reports covering current environment, sector performance, market trends, outlook, etc. for 24 industries.

provides access to documents and records from more than 45,000 legal, news and business sources. It covers current international newspapers, as well as comprehensive company and industry reports including trade and marketing reports, patent details, merger and acquisition analysis, country reports and industry and legal publications. Lexis-Nexis also provides access to numerous reference tools, including biographical information, company directories, quotations and Who’s Who titles.

It is a comprehensive collection of United States and Canadian corporate public disclosure documents. For example view filings associated with IPOs such as prospectus and pricing supplements. Examine 10-K and 8-K items with regard to executive compensation, MD&A, financial statements and much more.

All companies traded on Canadian stock exchanges are required to file their public documents on Sedar. Full-text access is available for documents such as company annual reports, interim financial statements, material change reports, management discussions, and prospectuses .Free on the Internet

All companies traded on United States stock exchanges file their documents with the US Security and Exchange Commission’s Edgar database and you can search Edgar to retrieve full-text filings such as 10k reports (the most detailed annual report), 10Q, prospectuses, etc. Free on the Internet.