Getting Started with Orbis M&A
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Getting Started with Orbis M&A
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Orbis M&A is a specialised resource for researching global mergers and acquisitions. It provides detailed information on over 2 million deals, including completed, pending, withdrawn, announced, and even rumoured transactions. The database covers:
- Merger & Acquisition deals, IPOs, private equity, and venture capital activity.
- Links to extensive company profiles for deeper analysis.
- Historical coverage from 1997 to the present, updated daily.
Students can use Orbis M&A to explore trends in corporate restructuring, analyse deal structures, and gather data for projects in finance, economics, and business strategy.
Differences between Orbis and Orbis M&A
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Feature |
Orbis M&A |
Orbis |
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Principal Focus |
Detailed information on M&A, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), private equity, and venture capital deals and rumours. |
General company information for around 400 million companies worldwide. |
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Data Type |
Focuses on deal-specific data points (i.e., transaction values, dates, involved parties, deal rationale, and status). |
Contains financial data, corporate structures, ownership details, directors, news, market research, and ratings for individual companies. |
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Functionality |
Primarily used for tracking deal flow, analysing M&A trends, finding comparable transactions, and identifying deal rumours. |
Used for detailed company analysis, peer comparisons, financial research, benchmarking, and identifying potential target companies. |
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Integration |
Available as a standalone product or as a module within Orbis. |
Orbis M&A data is fully integrated into Orbis, enabling users to connect specific deals with detailed company profiles. |
For instructions on searching Orbis M&A and accessing additional guidance, please refer to the relevant FAQ: Getting Started with Orbis.
Further guidance
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