19th January 2010
Japan Airlines Delisted from Nikkei 225, 300 and 500 Indices
Japan Airlines (9205), a constituent of the Nikkei 225, 300 and 500, today filed for bankruptcy and corporate rehabilitation. The Tokyo Stock Exchange has assigned the stocks of Japan Airlines for delisting and as a consequence, Nikkei has today removed JAL from the Nikkei indices using today’s closing value of 5 yen. Replacing JAL will be Central Japan Railway Company (9022) for the Nikkei 225, Izumi Co (8273) for the Nikkei 300 and House Foods Corp (2810) for the Nikkei 500.
The new constituents will be added on 22nd January using their closing values of January 21st. On 20th and 21st January, the Nikkei 225 will be calculated with 224 constituents, Nikkei 300 with 299 and Nikkei 500 with 499.
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- Nikkei 225
Central Japan Railway Company (9022) with a presumed par value of 50,000 yen. To preserve the balance of constituents in the Nikkei 225, the stock has been selected for having the highest liquidity in the same industrial sector as JAL. |
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- Nikkei 300
Izumi Co, Ltd (8273) |
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- Nikkei 500
House Foods Corporation (2810) . |
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NEEDS users should be aware of this change. Should you require further information, please contact a Nikkei Representative. |
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7th December 2009
NEEDS Financial QUEST 2.0 Corporate Financials Database Update
Nikkei has added a series of new Corporate Fundamental databases to FinancialQUEST, Nikkei’s online financial data download platform. The changes will make available the wealth of new information contained in the now quarterly Tanshin and Yuho disclosure reports. This follows a change in FSA rules, requiring all listed Japanese companies to release full Yuho reports quarterly rather than annually. The files were incorporated into NEEDS-BULK in July 2009 and from today the updated information will be available on Financial QUEST.
The new databases will be kept separate from the original databases; however clients will be able to seamlessly compare new data with old, as well as receive faster data updates. The new databases will be:
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- Corporate Financial Data
Quarterly Tanshin/ Yuho Reports, Disclosed documents and Nikkei research. Data updated daily. |
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- Segment Data
Contains more information from the quarterly reports and will be updated daily. |
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- History of Earning Estimates by Company
Information on business results/ dividends from the Tanshin report. |
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- Financial Results Historical Record
Disclosed history of main items sourced from the Tanshin Report. |
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- History of Earning Estimates and Financial Results
Gives clients the ability to integrate estimates and results data for business results/dividends. |
The current databases will be updated until July 2010 and will then be phased out over the course of the year. Please visit here or contact a Nikkei representative for more information. |
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5th November 2009
Nikkei 225, 300 calculation interval change
Nikkei today announced that it will shorten the calculation intervals for the Nikkei 225 and Nikkei 300 indices from every minute to every 15 seconds. The change will become effective when "arrowhead", the new trading platform at the Tokyo Stock Exchange goes online on 4th January 2010. Nikkei 225 and 300 indices displayed by information vendors such as QUICK will be updated every 15 seconds.
Arrowhead will replace the current cash markets trading system and will increase the trading capacity and speed up order execution to 10 milliseconds. Tokyo Stock Exchange is also implementing new rules to coincide with the launch of the new system, including reducing minimum tick sizes and eliminating some half holidays. The system follows a similar platform upgrade in the options exchange earlier in the year called Tdex+.
NEEDS services will remain unaffected by the change to the calculation interval. For more information about the upgrade please contact a Nikkei representative. |
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14th September 2009
Nikkei Europe co-sponsoring FIMA 2009 Reference Data Conference
Nikkei Europe are one of this years sponsors at the FIMA Reference Data Conference being held at the Guoman Tower Hotel in London from 9th – 11th November 2009. The conference will be a fantastic opportunity to meet peers from across the financial information community and will include panel discussions on the latest issues facing the reference data industry. If you are planning to attend and would like to meet with the Nikkei representatives for a brief chat, please feel free to contact us before the event so we can arrange a time at your convenience. |
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15th July 2009
Change in Corporate Financial Reporting System
NEEDS has updated its Corporate Financial data files to reflect changes in the financial reporting system that came into effect in April 2008. All listed companies are now required to submit the Yuho financial report to the FSA 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter. NEEDS Corporate Financial data files will now be updated 30 days after each fiscal quarter with the Tanshin (flash) report and then be superseded by the Yuho report 15 days later. The old data files will not be updated from 2010. For more information, please click here. |
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30th June 2009
FinancialQUEST 2.0 Online demonstration
Nikkei Europe is now able to offer no obligation online demonstrations of its popular FinancialQUEST 2.0 data download software. The demonstration uses the latest screen sharing technology to offer a one-to-one demonstration highlighting the unique features of the NEEDS ad-hoc download service. FinancialQUEST offers the most comprehensive and accurate Corporate Financial, Equities data and Macro-economic information available and is a must have for all companies with interests in Japan. To arrange for a one to one demonstration, please click here. |
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19th June 2009
NEEDS Newsletter launching this Autumn
Nikkei Europe is pleased to announce the launch of a quarterly newsletter focusing on Japanese Corporate Financial and Equity markets, providing relevant news for investors in Japan provided by NEEDS and Nikkei Telecom21. Each edition will include an in-depth look at the corporate world in Japan as well as tips and tricks for clients currently using NEEDS services. To sign-up for the newsletter, please click here. |
