FAME: Financial Analysis Made Easy
From Bureau Van Dijk (BvD)
Contact for SSU Students and Staff for Help with using the
FAME database:
Mary Hudson: [email protected] OR Room ML107 in
the Mountbatten Library
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Access FAME from the Library Portal
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Click on FAME
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Select your organisation
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Enter your university username and
password, click Login
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FAME Home Page
To find a report for a single company enter company name
in top search box on left of screen
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FAME Home Page:
To find reports for more than one company click on
“Company name” in lower half of screen.
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Company search screen:
Click on company name and enter your company in the search box. Select by
ticking in the box to the left of the name: repeat this step as many times as you
require and click on OK, at bottom right of screen.
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 The Next screen confirms the Search Strategy. Now click
on “View List of Results” and from this screen either:
Click on the company name to view its report
OR
Click on “Peer Analysis” to the right of the screen
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The Company Report
Each Report is laid out in the same way with the
information in the same order. Use the “Export button”
to send it to an Excel Spreadsheet or word document
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Peer Analysis
Compare one company to another:
Select the variables you wish to compare
Select the years you wish to compare – remember they may not have
filed the current year’s accounts yet
Decide how you want to see the results – table, bar chart, pie chart,
Lorenz Curve, Etc.
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Help for using FAME from BvD
 FAME online HELP is really good. There is:
 FAME Help that includes an online user guide, Index and Glossary
 Quick Tour includes 4 silent videos looking at Search, List, Report and
Statistical Analysis
 Tips of the Day includes 8 pages of useful tips
 Find HELP from the right of the top toolbar from any screen in FAME
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Library Help for using the FAME
database
Help from the Library includes:
FAME Factsheet
FAME FAQs
Help in person from ML107
Look out for Library Drop-ins on FAME
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