DATAFEED is a software interface that facilitates the downloading of Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data's universe of securities data to PC-and workstation-based software. DATAFEED offers a number of data formats, that transmit information in the form of "packets". A packet consists of a single data item or group of related items - such as high, low, close, and volume - for a given security. Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data organizes formats to ensure that your vendor is coding to the right data items for a specific application. We can also bill at different rates based on the type of security and grouping of items.
Our vendor partners are software developers of PC- or workstation-based software applications: Portfolio Accounting, Trust Accounting, Money Management, Personal Finance, and Technical Charting. Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data partners with these vendors so that the vendor can provide an efficient way for customers to collect pricing and other types of security information.
A vendor does not typically offer all the formats (or data within formats) that DATAFEED has to offer. Instead, the vendor selects the formats that make the most sense for its customers. The vendor programs to the appropriate format for each function offered through its software; these can include latest and historical pricing, dividend/split information, descriptive and factor data, and the ability to conduct namesearch. The vendor writes a user-friendly, menu-driven interface for each function so that the DATAFEED format packet requests and responses are seamlessly integrated into the software. These data retrieval functions and the communications interface become part of the vendor's software application.
The vendor can write its own DATAFEED communications interface and incorporate it in the software offering. The vendor may also simply incorporate the Windows or DOS DATAFEED Communications Interface (DCI) into its software offering.
What are DATAFEED's available communications networks?
Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data's toll-free 1-877-258-0574 asynchronous dial-up service, available to U.S. and Canada customers
Internet (TCP/IP), available through the Windows DCI
DATAFEED's format are designed to serve the following audience: Portfolio Managers, Investment Analysts, Trust Accountants, Brokers and Traders, Technical Chartists, and Individual Investors.
The customer installs a supported software vendor application on a PC or workstation and adds security holdings to the application. The customer then contacts the Business Development Support Group for a DATAFEED Services Agreement. After filling out the services agreement, the customer receives a Userid and Password, which he or she inputs - along with other parameters, such as, telephone number (for dial-up), baud rate, and communications port - in the Parameter Settings area of the vendor's software application.
The customer then selects the appropriate menu selections, e.g., "Portfolio Pricing", in the vendor's application. The software underlying each menu selection dials the phone number, connects to DATAFEED, requests the data, and receives and processes the data responses into the software application.
DATAFEED provides a number of benefits to vendor parters and their customers:
Fast and reliable data transfer through data compression and error-checking protocols
High quality data, comprehensive global coverage, and dedicated customer service
Competitive pricing
U.S. Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMO) and Asset-Backed Securities (ABS)
Commodity/Futures Contracts
Corporate, Government, and Agency Fixed-income Securities
Equities, ADRs, Mutual Funds, and Indices
U.S. Market Indicators
U.S Pass-through Securities (FNMA, FHLMC, GNMA, and SBA)
U.S. Municipal Bonds
Options
Commodity/Futures Contracts
Corporate, Government, and Agency Fixed-income Securities
Depository Receipts
Equities and Indices
Eurobonds
Unit Investment Trusts
DATAFEED delivers historical data from as early as 1968 for U.S. equities, 1972 for U.K. equities, 1976 for other major Non-North American Markets, and various start dates for fixed income securities.
Commodity/Futures Contract Identifiers
Currency Codes
CUSIP Numbers
Exchange Ticker Symbols
Interactive Data Symbols
Local Identifiers
Options on Futures Identifiers
Pool Numbers
SEDOL Numbers
American Depository Receipt Evaluations
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) and Asset Backed Evaluations
Corporate, Government, and Agency Evaluations
Exchange Listed Prices
Exchange Rates
Mortgage-backed Evaluations (seasoned and generic)
Municipal Bond Evaluations
Corporate Actions
CUSIP/SEDOL and Company Name Changes
Dividends
Earnings Information
Factors
Indicated Annual Dividends
Liquidations, Distributions, Bankruptcies, Reclassifications
Mergers, Acquisitions, Tenders
Redemptions - Partial and Complete Calls
Reinvestment Price Data for Mutual Funds
Short-term and Long-term Capital Gains Breakdown for Mutual Funds
Stock Dividends and Splits
Descriptive Data
ABS/CMO Bond Interest Payment Delay
ABS/CMO Project Cash Flows
Alpha and Beta for Equities
Called Bond Information
Constant Prepayment Rate Assumption
Current and Next Call and Put Date/Price
Historical Prepayment 3-, 6-, and 12-month Rates for Pass-through Securities
Issues Status
Latest ABS/CMO/PSA Prepayment Speed/Medium
Latest Average Life
Latest Weighted Average Coupon and Maturity
Macauley Duration
Moody's Ratings
Original Weighted Average Coupon and Maturity
S&P Rankings and Ratings
Shares/Amount Outstanding
Volatility Data for Equities