Gain Insight into the Global Deal Market

FactSet supports every step of the deal process with a suite of deal intelligence tools designed to meet your complex M&A and corporate governance research needs.

Examine Deal Activity

• Determine "what's market" for hundreds of negotiated deal points
• Build league tables and volume totals
• Analyze the most highly negotiated aspects of merger agreements, such as deal protection mechanisms and advisory fees
• Link back to source documents and search for all SEC documents associated with a transaction
• Create deal books that incorporate key deal documents, exhibits, and more

Analyze Corporate Governance and Activism Data

• Perform thorough analysis of takeover defense and corporate governance data
• Evaluate a company’s defensive characteristics and quantify defense protection relative to peers
• Create custom reports and defense profiles that compile a company’s articles of incorporation, bylaws, shareholder rights plans, and more
• Track activist investors and set alerts to notify you of news related to their campaigns

Access Important Filings

• Instantly search hundreds of thousands of prospectuses - including private placements, regulatory filings, and M&A documents from all over the world

• Search deals using more than 100 identified search fields