A merger or acquisition is a combination of two companies where one corporation is completely adsorbed by another corporation. A merger extinguishes the merged organization, and the surviving organization assumes all the rights, privileges, and liabilities of the merged company.
Latest deal updates and news from Thomson Reuters Worldwide: Deals Market Headlines
Mergers & Acquisitions (The Dealmaker's Journal): a reference tool providing full coverage of merger and acquisition activity and data on mergers and acquisitions worldwide; concise articles, pricing, structuring and acquisition strategies, trends and in-depth analysis.
Coverage: 1998 to present
Mergers & Acquisitions Report (previous titles are Mergers+Acquisitions International og M & A Europe): provides information on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, & bankruptcies.
Coverage: 1999 to 2017
The following databases contain data on companies that have merged, or been acquired in such a way as they no longer trade under the original name.
Konkurrencerådet udgav gennem en årrække årspublikationer med en oversigt over fusioner og virksomhedsovertagelser med tilknytning til Danmark:
ORBIS M&A
Content: ORBIS M&A contains information and data on mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, private equity, and venture capital deals. The database contains information on more than 2,3 million completed, pending, withdrawn, announced, and rumoured deals.
Coverage: European deals from 1997- and global deals from 2001-
Additional features include news, ranking, and tables about M&A activities.
You will find links to more detailed financial information about the companies involved as provided by Orbis, another Moody's (Bureau Van Dijk) product.
Search hint:
Using the question mark you can get access to your search, definitions of M&A terms etc.
Eikon
In Eikon you find data related to company transactions worldwide such as IPOs, mergers, corporate restructuring and joint ventures.
Content: covering over 1.1 million deals worldwide since the 1970s with daily updates.
Two tools to search for deals data:
Strategic alliances
Definition: two companies exchange minority stakes of equal value in each other as a part of formation of a strategy alliance
Choose Screener > Alliance Flag
Choose Screening > Transactions (Transaction Screening)
Strategic alliances
Choose Screening > Transactions > search for Strategic alliance in the search box
MA<GO> is the Bloomberg shortcut code for mergers & acquisitions data. You will use this function within Bloomberg to screen for M&A deals. You can use up to 20 variables to screen for deals.
Type: MA and press [GO]
Enter: region, industry, deal size and deal type
You can also screen for M&A deals with PE or VC involvement.
Click on 91) Advanced search:
Bloomberg M&A Individual Company Search:
enter the company name or ticker symbol in the search box on the M&A main page
GlobalData Explorer
contains a separate module - "Deals" - which is available through "Databases".
Content: data and news on mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture finance, ”private placements”, IPOs and more.
Search hint: find the information by "Deals (Browse)" or by ”Refine Deals”.
You have also access to reports on M&A activities within specific industries and countries.
You have also access to reports on M&A activities within specific industries and countries.
Choose Dashboard and Click on country from the charts or Use the refinement filters to deep dive
Factiva
This database provides you with articles, news and more on company deals, mergers etc.
Search hint: Underneath the Subject-item you find a specific topic on M&A: Subject > Corporate/Industrial News > Ownership Changes > Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers.
Try also to search for mergers in the Look-up function.
SEC Mergers (US)
The merger & acquisition industry is regulated by the U.S. Securties & Exchange Commission (SEC). The forms that are required to be filed are described here
Edgar
Search by company name for SEC filings related to mergers, such as forms S-4, 14D9,14D6, and 8-K, from 1993 to present.
League Tables are periodic rankings of M&A activity. They usually rank the largest deals and the firms involved in the deals
ORBIS M&A
In this database you can find predefined league tables on M&A.
Search hint: Choose Tools > League tables
You have access to reports on M&A activities within specific industries and countries.
Search hint: choose Data Points > Deals. Now you have access to the Dashboard. Use the Dashboard or Refine Deals to get reports on Deals within Sectors, Geograhy, Value, etc.
contains a lot of data, statistics, and reports on the mergers and acquisition market