Get extended security data
When you update your securities, you can fetch extended security reference data, such as fixings for floating-rate bonds, upcoming dividends, ratings, or different allocations. This scope of data depends on the market data provider.
You can find the list of securities and market data providers in Market data providers and security types.
To update security data, follow the steps in Update extended security reference data for one security or a selection of securities. To schedule the update process, see Schedule security data updates
Market data providers and security types
You can update the following security types from corresponding market data providers. You can see the specific fields that can be updated in Data mappings in FA Admin guide.
Bloomberg
Collective investment vehicles - C
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) - CE
Debt instruments - D
Equities - E
Bloomberg issuer (Creates/assigns Issuer contact to Securities)
Debt instruments - D
Equities - E
Bloomberg splits/dividends (imports corporate actions)
Morningstar
Collective investment vehicles - C
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) - CE
Stamdata
Debt instruments - D
EOD
Equities - E
Refinitiv
Applicable for all security types
Update extended security reference data for one security or a selection of securities
You can fetch extended security reference data by clicking Update security data at the bottom of the Securities view and choosing a market data provider whose data you want to use for the update. You can see the saved updated result in the Security window.
Schedule security data updates
To schedule regular updates of extended security reference data, go to Tools → Administer → Scheduled functions. In the Manage processes window, choose a process to configure scheduled updates. To learn more about the scheduling functionality available in FA, see Scheduling in FA Admin guide.