Bloomberg Professional

How to Find Bloomberg Tickers?

There are two ways to find Bloomberg tickers:

Smart Search

Simply enter the company name (e.g. HSBC) or keyword (e.g. US Treasury) will give you the most relevant results, then look for your results by categories such as Functions or Securities. 

Ticker Lookup

You can also find Bloomberg Tickers by Mnemonics, i.e. <Market Sector Yellow Key> + TK.
For example, to find all corporate bonds issued by Hutchison Whampoa,

1. Press <F3> follow by <TK> (CORP TK)
2. Enter partial ticker name (e.g. HUTCHISON)
3. A list of company short names will appear
4. Select 1 to show the results.