Is there a way to get AI for bonds with no RIC assigned by using Python API?

sergio.iracheta

By using df = ek.get_data(list1, ['TR.FIAccruedInterest']), I am able to get AI for most of the bonds. however, it looks like it doesnt work for those that do not have a RIC code assigned to them as it throws a NaN error. See the below example.

list1=['000416T80','004284D85','004284ZN8', '005158UN8', '19648EAF4', '791698AF0']

df = ek.get_data(list1, ['TR.FIAccruedInterest'])

print(df)

Output

( Instrument Accrued Interest

0 000416T80 1.889

1 004284D85 1.889

2 004284ZN8 1.511

3 005158UN8 1.017

4 19648EAF4 NaN

5 791698AF0 NaN, None)

Additionally, 'TR.AccruedAmountAnalytics' provide the below erroneous results

df2=ek.get_data(list1,'TR.AccruedAmountAnalytics',{'SettlementDate':'20200610'})

print(df2)

Output

0 000416T80 0.0

1 004284D85 0.0

2 004284ZN8 0.0

3 005158UN8 NaN

4 19648EAF4 NaN

5 791698AF0 NaN,

Regards

Sergio

Alex Putkov.1

@sergio.iracheta

Your colleague reported similar issue on this thread. This issue was referred to Refinitiv Helpdesk, which upon their investigation concluded that accrued interest is only available in Eikon for bonds that have RICs assigned to them, which excludes most US munis.

The only alternative is to calculate accrued using Adfin Analytics. It is possible to use Adfin Analytics COM library in Python, albeit this is not very straightforward and is only possible in 32-bit Python. For details see this article.