I need a full list of companies listed in a specific country (e.g., Australia) in a specific year (e.g., 2005 and 2006).
I heard that EIKON cannot do this, but it is possible with Datastream, but I do not know how to.
Thank you for the help in advance.
Datastream supports Constituent Lists of instruments, e.g. LFTSE100, LS&PCOMP, LDAXINDX, LSTOKYOSE, etc. You can add MMYY after the symbol to get the historical constituent list, such as LFTSE1001219 for December 2019.
You need to check if the Datastream provides a symbol for a list of companies listed in a specific country (e.g., Australia). You can access the Datastream navigator to search for symbols or directly contact the Refinitiv Datastream Web Service support team via MyRefinitiv to verify the required symbols.
Another way to do so is to search Australia equities in Datastream Navigator, and export the full list to excel. Then, in Python, pull Base Date (listed date) and Dead Date (delisted or bankrupted date) of the companies in the excel file. This way, this can find the full list of public companies a specific year.
As you suggested, I will contact the help desk to see if the Datastream supports such a symbol.
Thank you very much for the help :)
