Preferred M&A Database?

what're your favored databases to find details on recent M&A transactions?

M&A Data for Free

If you are looking to read about deals and see analysis of recent transactions, our users shared the following recommendations:

Sandhurst - Investment Banking AnalystAs far as free resources go, do sign up for Thomson Deals Intelligence (use your college email):

..and also mergermarket has some good high-level M&A market analysis and commentary. Their quarterly reports are great.

Merger and Acquisitions Database of Company M&A

Sandhurst - Investment Banking AnalystBut for a real "database," you're going to need to find a paid service. Your university may subscribe to Thomson One and/or Cap IQ, which are great. Another one is Deal Pipeline, which is very useful. You could probably walk up to your library's reference desk and ask them about M&A databases.

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As far as free resources go, do sign up for Thomson Deals Intelligence (use your college email): http://dmi.thomsonreuters.com/DealsIntelligence

..and also mergermarket has some good high-level M&A market analysis and commentary. Their quarterly reports are great.

But for a real "database," you're going to need to find a paid service. Your university may subscribe to Thomson One and/or Cap IQ, which are great. Another one is Deal Pipeline, which is very useful. You could probably walk up to your library's reference desk and ask them about M&A databases.

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Thanks for the answer. I didn't find any german public database, but maybe I'm not searching in the right direction. Can you tell me what kind of DB you mean? Thanks again for your help

 

Where i can get open access about m&a? I try every website that mention before but nothing works. I just need the company name list

 

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