Laboratoire de recherche et d'apprentissage en finance

Bloomberg

In Bloomberg, you can complete multiple tutorials which can lead to certificates.  To complete these you are required to create a Bloomberg for Education account | Instructions.

• Bloomberg Market Concepts: Economic Indicators, Currencies, Fixed Income, Equities.
• Terminal Basics: Learn to navigate the Bloomberg terminal
• Commodities: Learn the fundamentals of commodities with a focus on oil.
• Equity Options: Learn the unique language that is used.
• Portfolio Management: Learn the role of a Portfolio Management and the tools available on Bloomberg.

Cap IQ

• S&P Capital IQ offers training videos to help users better understand and navigate their platform. Follow this link for more information.
• Lastly, S&P Capital IQ has number of online webinars about the platform itself, or specific industries (e.g. Energy, Metals & Mining, Real Estate, etc.).  Follow this link for more information.

Factset

In Factset you can also complete multiple Factset Essentials tutorials which can lead to certificates.  You must first create a Factset account followed by a Factset Learning account | Instructions. 

• Core Products: Teaches you how to use its industry tools to analyze multiple asset classes
• Derivative Products: Learn how to monitor prices and analytics for futures, forward rates, options, and various swap types.
• Portfolio Analysis: Learn how to use its Portfolio Analytics tool.
• Productivity Suite: Learn how to integrate Factset data into Office apps.
• Universal Screening: Develop, test, and confirm investment strategies.

Haver

Please consider reading this Haver Analytics training guide where you'll find an overview of the database and its plug-in features for both Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

- Refinitiv

EIKON/Datastream certifications can be foind at this link: Product Certification | Refinitiv Training.  Refinitiv offers a series of training videos that range from basics ("getting started" series) to more advanced ("Beyond the Basics" series). 

• Click here to learn more about EIKON.
• Click here to learn more about Datastream.

- RIT

Please consider watching the first two RIT tutorial videos to get started. Several user guides have been created by RIT to help with installation, real-time data links and VBA with RIT. Click the links below to either view or download the files:

• Client RTD Installation Instructions 

• Client Software Feature Guide 

• RTD Documentation 

• VBA API Documentation 

-SDC Platinum

For help on getting started SDC Platinum, new users can refer to the SDC Platinum Quick Start User Guide, or watch the Getting Started with SDC Platinum video series from Refinitiv which covers how to build a search, work with various outputs, working with saved sessions, changing your default settings, and more.

- WRDS

• DART Videos