Library Guides: Financial and company information: Mergers, acquisitions and IPOs

Mergers, acquisitions and IPOs

Reliable M&A and IPO data are highly valuable. The sort of information a company is required to disclose varies among countries. When it comes to M&A no one database is fully comprehensive for all deals information. It might be necessary to use more than one database to build a comprehensive set of data.

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Mergers, acquisitions and IPOs databases

Library Services provides access to several major sources of this M&A data, each of which covers a slightly different range of data. Some of these databases can be accessed on your own computer, while others must be accessed using a Financial Resource on site.

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SDC Mergers and Acquisitions
WRDS dataset listed under Thomson/Refinitiv. Contains information on M&A deals, advisors and events. Alternatively, see SDC Platinum via PC in the Business Library to access M&A and Joint Ventures information.

Accessibility information for SDC Mergers and Acquisitions
To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'Affiliation Type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad'.

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Once you have replied, your account will be approved and when you login to WRDS, you will have to sign up to their 2 Factor Authentication system.

 

As part of the registration process, Duo collects WRDS usernames, phone numbers, and email addresses in order to verify information during login.  Duo (owned by Cisco) retains anonymized information post login for statistical and performance purposes. Duo privacy policies can be found here. 
SDC New Issues
WRDS dataset listed under Thomson/Refinitiv. Contains information on new issues. See SDC Platinum to access information on Mergers & Acquisitions deals and Joint Ventures via PC in the Business Library and a PC in the Financial Resources Suite at Northampton Square.

Accessibility information for SDC New issues
To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'Affiliation Type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad'.

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Once you have replied, your account will be approved and when you login to WRDS, you will have to sign up to their 2 Factor Authentication system.

 As part of the registration process, Duo collects WRDS usernames, phone numbers, and email addresses in order to verify information during login.  Duo (owned by Cisco) retains anonymized information post login for statistical and performance purposes. Duo privacy policies can be found here. 
CB Insights
Is a global private company database that covers daily real-time information about venture capital, angel investor-backed private start-ups. It also contains M&A and IPO news, private equity and industry analysis. Please note that there is a limit of 4000 profile views and 4000 downloads per user per year.

Limitation - Students and staff should email the Business Library to request instructions for creating an account. Your City email address is only used for log-in, CB Information Services do not use this information for any other purpose.
Expert Intelligence reports are not available as part of our subscription.
Accessibility information for CB insights
Audit Analytics: Audit and Compliance
WRDS dataset listed under Audit Analytics. Audit Analytics: Audit and Compliance provides detailed research on over 150,000 active audits and more than 10,000 accounting firms. Includes detailed categorisations of issues to enable tracking and analysis of public company disclosures.

Accessibility information for Audit Analytics: Audit and Compliance
To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'Affiliation Type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad'.

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Once you have replied, your account will be approved and when you login to WRDS, you will have to sign up to their 2 Factor Authentication system.

 As part of the registration process, Duo collects WRDS usernames, phone numbers, and email addresses in order to verify information during login.  Duo (owned by Cisco) retains anonymized information post login for statistical and performance purposes. Duo privacy policies can be found here. 
Audit Analytics: Corporate and Legal
WRDS dataset listed under Audit Analytics. Audit Analytics: Corporate and Legal provides data on actions, disclosures and correspondence by companies, advisors, regulators and investors. Databases cover SEC Comment Letters, Litigation, Bankruptcy and Shareholder Activism.

Accessibility information for Audit Analytics: Corporate and Legal
To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'User type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad.'

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Once you have replied, your account will be approved and when you login to WRDS, you will have to sign up to their 2 Factor Authentication system.

As part of the registration process, Duo collects WRDS usernames, phone numbers, and email addresses in order to verify information during login.  Duo (owned by Cisco) retains anonymized information post login for statistical and performance purposes. Duo privacy policies can be found here. 
Capital IQ
WRDS dataset listed under Compustat. Provides extensive debt capital structure for over 60,000 global public and private companies and equity capital structure data on over 80,000 active and inactive companies worldwide.

Accessibility information for Capital IQ
To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'Affiliation Type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad'.

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Once you have replied, your account will be approved and when you login to WRDS, you will have to sign up to their 2 Factor Authentication system.

 As part of the registration process, Duo collects WRDS usernames, phone numbers, and email addresses in order to verify information during login.  Duo (owned by Cisco) retains anonymized information post login for statistical and performance purposes. Duo privacy policies can be found here.

SDC Platinum
SDC Platinum contains information on Mergers & Acquisitions deals and Joint Ventures. See SDC New Issues to access SDC new issues data via WRDS.

Accessibility information for SDC Platinum
Available on campus only from a bookable PC in the Financial Resources Zone, Business Library and a bookable PC in the Financial Resources Suite, Northampton Square Library.

SDC Platinum offers a comprehensive search for M&A, bonds, new issues and more. It can be found on a terminal in the Business Library as well as in the Financial Resources Suite at Northampton Square. User guide videos are available in Business Library Moodle 2022-2023.

Those building a custom report may need to refer to definitions. The following definition lists can be helpful when choosing which variables to include in your custom report.

Eikon (Refinitiv)
Eikon contains news, analytics and financial content. It also includes a range of prices for multiple assets, fundamentals, estimates and charts. Includes data from Worldscope, I/B/E/S, Lipper and Asset 4. Use the Excel Add-In to download data and access Datastream.

Limitation - A limited number of Eikon usernames are available for off-site access and are issued Monday to Friday 09:00- 17:00 UK time.

Accessibility information for Eikon(Refinitiv)
Available on 5 bookable PCs in the Financial Resources Zone, Business Library, 8 bookable PCs in the Refinitiv Trading Room (Business School) and 3 bookable PCs in the Financial Resources Suite, Northampton Square Library. A limited number of Eikon usernames are available for off-site access. These will be issued on a first come, first served basis (Monday to Friday 09:00- 17:00 UK time) and will expire at 08:00 UK time the following day, if issued on a Friday the username will expire at 08:00 UK time Monday. Complete our request form to request a username and password. Alternatively, email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.
Real Deals
Real Deals is an European private equity database. It provides facts and figures for European venture capital and private equity and also contains news, deals and analysis.

Accessibility information for Real Deals
Available on campus only from a bookable, dedicated computer in the Financial Resources Zone, Business Library. Ask Library staff to log you into Real Deals.
Mergermarket
An independent Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) intelligence service. The database covers all European deals greater than EUR 5 Million since 1998 and all Global deals greater than USD 5 Million since 2001.

Accessibility information for Mergermarket
Available on campus only from a bookable PC in the Financial Resources Zone, Business Library. Ask Library staff to log you into Mergermarket. User Guide available in Business Library Moodle 2022-2023. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.