Access is available on and off campus to current McMaster University students, faculty and staff.
- WRDS account: Only current McMaster faculty, staff, graduate students (Ph.D. and Masters), undergraduates and research assistants can register for a personal WRDS account.
- WRDS Day Pass: If you don't need a personal WRDS account, current McMaster users can request a WRDS day pass using this form. A McMaster email address is required. Once the form is submitted, a WRDS access link will be emailed to you within minutes.
- FactSet Ownership and other datasets via WRDS have been fully funded by McMaster's DeGroote School of Business (DSB).
To access FactSet Ownership data, connect to WRDS > on the WRDS Subscriptions page (default home page) select FactSet > scroll through the resulting list and select from the FactSet Ownership (v5) options displayed.
Provides information on institutional and insider ownership of publicly traded companies.
Includes institutional, mutual fund, stakeholder, and float-related share ownership information for equities and fixed income securities worldwide from company and institutional filings, investor reports, and press releases.
Updated daily, this database provides 17+ years of history across 120 countries.