Bond Data Sources

Selected resources on bond data

UTSA Subscription Databases (containing Bond Data or Information)

Capital IQ

Capital IQ
Data on U.S. and international public and private companies, M&A deals, executives and boards worldwide; news, investment research, and more. Includes powerful screening tools, chart builders, and Office Plug-In modeling tool. By S&P Global. Please note that UTSA does not subscribe to Capital IQ PRO.

Access to Capital IQ is for current faculty, staff, and students only and requires approval by Capital IQ. To request a new Capital IQ account:
1. Click on the Capital IQ database link above; login with abc123 and passphrase; complete DUO authentication.
2. Click on New User in the top right header and enter your utsa.edu email.
3. Check your email box for confirmation and finish the sign-up. Your login credentials will be provided via email from Capital IQ.

Once your Capital IQ account is created, for future access you will need to use the proxied link to Capital IQ above on the library database page, and then your personal Capital IQ credentials to log in.

To download Office Plug-in, go to My Capital IQ tab > My Profile > Downloads. See research guide for more information. You may also complete Capital IQ training at S&P Market Intelligence Academic Resource Center.

Mergent Online

Mergent Online
Comprehensive business and financial data for U.S. and international public and private companies, active and inactive. Includes executive compensation data, bonds, Country Insight, Supply Chain, Investext analyst reports and screening tools.
The Mergent Online platform will be retired effective July 1, 2025. After that date please see Mergent Market Atlas.

Users can search for issues (corporate and municipal) by starting Mergent Online
Once in Mergent Online, then select Bond Search tab (5th tab on the main page)
Now you should be in the page of Bond Viewer
Start searching in the page of Bond Viewer by putting the info you know into the fields under sections of Identifier and Date Ranges as below:
- Fields under Identifier Section
  - Issuer Name
  - Issue Name
  - Ticker
  - Mergent ID
  - CUSIP
  - ISIN
  - Industry Code
- Fields Under Date Ranges Section
  - Offering Date Range (mm/dd/yyyy)
  - Maturity Date Range (mm/dd/yyyy)
  - Next Call Date Range (mm/dd/yyyy)
The search resulting page would include the following data/info:
- Synopsis
- Ratings
- Covenants
- Coupon Info
- Conv/Exch
- Unit Deal
- Additional Details
- Corporate Actions
- Portrait Info
For detailed help - see this link

Bloomberg

Bloomberg
Provides analysis and quotes for equities and indices; current company, industry, and market news; and economic data for countries around the world.

UTSA faculty, students, and staff can search Bloomberg from one of sixteen workstations. One workstation is located in the 2nd floor Business Information Hub in the John Peace Library building. Fifteen workstations are located in the Financial Studies Lab in the Alvarez College of Business.

Both UTSA Libraries and Alvarez College of Business don’t have access to Bloomberg Anywhere - equivalent to the Bloomberg Terminal via the web.

Bloomberg Terminal’s Log-in Requirement:
• Bloomberg is only available on designated workstations at UTSA.
• First-time users: in order to obtain your Bloomberg login credentials, please log into a Bloomberg workstation with your UTSA abc123 and register with the Bloomberg system using your UTSA email.

Access Bond Data and Info from Bloomberg

Access a Bloomberg terminal (in Financial Lab at UTSA College of Business or JPL 2^nd floor)
Assuming what you need is data on corporate bonds
Hit the yellow CORP key
Then hit <GO>
Type company ticker (e.g. MSFT for Microsoft Corp.)
Now you should get a list of bonds issued by the company
For more detailed using other commands within Bloomberg terminal, see this link/pdf https://www.scranton.edu/academics/ksom/alperin/Fixed%20Income.pdf, esp. page 4 of that pdf.
And also this guide