Treasury Workshop I

POWERPLUS PRO V4.5

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Agenda
• What is PowerPlus Pro?
• Using Reuters Powerplus Pro in Microsoft Excel
• Reuters Pull-down Menu Overview
• Drag & Drop
• Speed Lists
• Assistants
• Quote Lists
• Constituents and chains
• Time Series / Price History
• Securities/Treasury Instrument (Fundamental Data)
• Modifying the worksheet
• Other important Adfin functions
• Showcase
• Model Browser
• Most commonly used field

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1. What is PowerPlus Pro?
It enable you to use Reuters data in the Microsoft Excel environment. You could
create sophisticated spreadsheet displays that can include different types of
financial data, such as real-time prices, historic prices, analytics, reference data,
and even news and graphs.

2. Using Reuters Powerplus Pro in Microsoft Excel

Go to the Windows Start and use the menus to select Programs/ Reuters
3000Xtra/Reuters PowerPlus Pro.

3. Reuters Pull-down Menu Overview

v Real-time Quotes
v Real-Time Chain
v Security Instruments
v Security History
v Treasury Instrument
v Treasury History
v Treasury RICs, Ids and Agencies
v Treasury Schedule
v Time Series Data

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4. Drag & Drop
To insert a single price into an Excel worksheet, simply drag the item from a Kobra
display and drop it in the relevant cell in the worksheet.
E.g. in Kobra press F4 for a pop-up quote window. In the command line of this
window type EUR= and press Enter.

You can now go back to Excel (the pop- up window remains on top) and drag a Bid
price (for example) for this pop- up and drop it in a cell in your worksheet.

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5. Speed Lists
If you know the exact names of the fields that you want to display in a quote list, you
can create the list very quickly. In the worksheet, type the RICs of the instruments in
a column of cells. Type the names of the fields in a row immediately above the
column.

In any cell directly below a column heading, right-click and select Real-time Speed
List in the pop-up menu. This displays the data that you have specified.

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6. Assistants
The Assistants give you step-by-step processes for creating different types of table.
One advantage is that you can scroll through all the available fields to find the ones
you want. So start creating a table of data, click on the cell that will be the top left
corner of the table in the worksheet. Then select the relevant Assistant (as described
below).

7. Quote Lists
To create a quote list where the data is updated in real time, use
Reuters/Assistants/Real-time Quotes. The advantage here is that you can scroll
through all the available fields to find the ones you want. And, as with all Assistants,
you have different options for formatting the table once you have specified the RICs
and the fields.

In the final step, note the RtUpdate and RtGet buttons. If you have a large list of
instruments, use RtUpdate; set the time to every 10 seconds (for example). This is a
more efficient way of updating all the values in real time without Excel constantly
recalculating.

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 If a large file, Pls
use RtUpdate

8. Constituents and chains

To create a quote list showing the constituents of an index or a chain of data (e.g.
HKDDEPO=, .HSI, HKBMK=)
1. Click in the cell that will be the tope left-hand corner of the list.
2. Select Reuters/ Assistants/ Real-time Chain.

Once you have entered the chain RIC, the process is the same as for a quote list.

Change
RIC

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 9. Time Series / Price History
To create a table with a detailed price history (a time series) of a single instrument:
1. Click in the cell that will be the top left- hand corner of the list.
2. Select Reuters/Assistants/Time Series Data. Add the RIC of the instrument,
and then click on the Next button.
3. In Step 2 of the Assistant, click to expand Last Trade , then select the data
frequency (e.g., Tick for every trade, or 1D for daily). You can then select the
individual values (e.g. open, high, low and close). Up to 30,000 ticks and 20
years of daily price histories are available.

STEP 1

STEP 2

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10. Securities/Treasury Instrument (Fundamental Data)
To retrieve fundamental data, such as company accounts figures and key ratios, for
one or more companies:

1. Click in the cell that will be the top left- hand corner of the list.
2. Select Reuters/Assistants/Security Instruments. And the RIC of the
instruments, then click on the Next button.
3. In step 2 of the Assistant, use the hierarchic list to locate and select the
information you want to view. E.g. expand Company; you can then select
Company Details to include details such as the full company name, or you can
expand Company Reports to work down to specific figures. Note the Code
Converter in the list; this enables you to retrieve alternative instruments
codes, such as CUSIPS, ISIN, etc.

You can now complete the Assistant by accepting default values.

Because the figures are generally very large, make sure you format the cells to
view the values correctly when the list is displayed.

For a history of fundamental data, such as five year’s P&L, on a single company:
1. Click in the cell that will be the top left- hand corner of the list.
2. Select Reuters/Assistants/Security History. Add the RIC of the instruments,
and then click on the Next button.
3. In step 2 of the Assistant, use the hierarchic list to locate and select the
information you want to view.

You can now complete the Assistant by accepting default values.

11. Modifying the worksheet

Once the data is in the worksheet, it’s easy to change the contents. To change any
RIC in the table, simply type a different RIC in the cell and press Enter. Similarly,
you can change any field by typing a different field name in the relevant cell. The
values in the relevant column or row will be changed automatically.

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12. Adfin functions for advanced users

Reuters have designed Adfin functions for advanced users of Microsoft Excel. For
access to these functions, click on the Paste Function (fx) button on the main Excel
toolbar. In the dialogue box, scroll down the list on the left and select Adfin Real-
time . The real-time functions are now listed on the right.
- For a real-time quote list, use RtUpdate.
- For a chain of instruments, use RtChain. (for SourceAlias, use the value IDN;
leave RtMode blank.)
- For a time-series of historical prices, use RtHistory.
- For fundamental data, scroll down the list on the left and select Reuters 3000
Data Engine. Use DeList (for several instruments) or DeHistory (for
historical data on a single instruments).

13. Other important Adfin functions:

AdDepToFraBa (in the Adfin Forex &MM category) calculates bid and ask rates
for a forward.

AdTermStructure (in the Adfin TermStrucutre category) calculates a term

structure from an array for instruments.

AdDepToFraBa (in the Adfin Forex &MM category) calculates bid and ask rates
for a forward.

14. Model Browser

A simple tool that enables you to find and display different types of PowerPlus
Pro examples, tutorial, models and analytic

15. Showcase
Reuters Web site which allows you to find out about, access, download and install
optional product features.
http://showcase.session.rservices.com

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Example 1: Try to download the time series data of Eur= Past 1 Month History
(You can select any fields you like and do some calculations)

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