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Searching BANKSCOPE:
An Expert Search
Open your browser and type in the Learning Resources web address into the location bar ……..
• www.lr.mdx.ac.uk
• Select Electronic Resources
Make sure that you have set your institutional cookie
• Scroll down to the bottom of the Electronic Resources page and click on to the link
• Once you’ve clicked on to the link, a pop-up window will appear and then close automatically – you only need to do this once
Log into Athens
• Athens is an authenticating system that allows students to access Middlesex University databases outside of the university
• Click on to the Athens link
• Log in using your IT user ID and your network password and once you have accepted the terms and conditions, you will be presented with a list of databases
Searching BANKSCOPE
• Scroll down and choose BANKSCOPE from the list of databases
About BANKSCOPE• Bankscope is a financial analysis tool, combining
information on 11,000 world banks with details such as balance sheet and income statements, ownership information, shareholders and subsidiaries.
• The data is updated 18 times a year
BANKSCOPE – Expert Search• Begin by clicking on Expert Search• While Expert Search sounds complicated, it
actually provides more search criteria with which to search or exclude irrelevant banks
Finish with banks that exactly meet your criteriaRefine further choosing carefully so as not to exclude too many banksIf you have too many results, add another criteria Refine by introducing broad but important criteriaStart you search with one or two basic criteria
Scenario• Imagine that you want to search for Islamic
Banks in the UK
• Select Specialization from the left hand menu
• Choose Islamic banks
Refine the search
• Reduce your results by selecting a geographic location, select Geographic, Country and then select United Kingdom
• Review your results in the Search Summary
Look at the results• Click on list to view your results• Select Bank Report for extensive financial
information for each chosen bank• For additional, graphic information, click on
the Overview Report icon at the bottom of the screen
Exporting Reports
• Similar procedures apply whether you are exporting a Bank Report, an Overview Report or just a graph
• Click on the Export Icon • Choose a name for your export, e.g. Islamic Banks• Select Word 2000 as your format• Select the All Banks option• Click on the Export button
Starting a New Search: Searching for a Specific Bank
• Click on the Search Button and then on New Search at the bottom of the screen in order to clear your previous searches
• Click on the Bank Name search option• Type in Northern Rock PLC• Click on the first result• Notice the brief banking information at the
top right of the screen
Looking at the Graphs Menu• Click on the chevron to select the first bank• Click on OK• Click on list and then on the name/link• A Standard Bank Report will appear• Click on the Graphs icon at the bottom of the page
• Click on Export, the graph will automatically download into Word
Performing Statistical Analysis using Bankscope
• Click on Search and then New Search to clear your previous search
• Lets assume you are looking for the total assets of large banks in the Cayman Islands
• Click on Geographic, Country and then select Cayman Islands from the list
• Select the Large Banks option and then click OK
• Select the list tab and select the first five banks from your list
The Distribution Analysis
• Click on the Other Analyses tab and select Distribution
• The Distribution analysis will show the distribution of a single variable from the group of banks that you have selected
Choosing the Variable• From the selection, choose Financial Profile and then
Total Assets for 2008
• Click on Export
• Choose a name for your report
• Click on Excel
• OK
Search by Credit Rating• Searching by credit rating, allows you to choose either a
very strong performing bank or a very poorly performing one. You can search either on a Fitch Rating or a Capital Intelligence Rating
• The Fitch Rating, can be searched on either in the long or short term. Fitch Ratings' long-term credit ratings are assigned on an alphabetic scale from 'AAA' to 'D‘
• It was first introduced in 1924 and uses intermediate +/- modifiers for each category between AA and CCC (e.g., AA+, AA, AA-, A+, A, A-, BBB+, BBB, BBB-, etc.)
Using the Fitch Rating
• Fitch’s Investment Grade catagories are:• AAA : the best quality companies, reliable and
stable• AA : quality companies, a bit higher risk than
AAA• A : economic situation can affect finance• BBB : medium class companies, which are
satisfactory at the moment• Any thing else is considered to be a junk bond
Fitch’s Long Term Ratings
• Lets assume that you only want to look at French
banks with an AAA credit rating
• Select Ratings from the left hand panel
• Select the Fitch Ratings and then the Long-term
ratings
• Select AAA rated banks, click on the chevron so
that it appears in the selected options and then click
OK to produce a list of 42 banks
French AAA Banks• Click on Geographic, country and choose France using the
chevron so that it appears in the selected box, click OK
• Of the 42 AAA rated banks, 8 are French
• Click on list to view them
• Select Bank Report and then the Overview Report icon at the
bottom of the page
• Click on Export, choose a name for your report
• Select Word and make sure that the All Banks option is clicked
• Click Export
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