Mergers and Acquisitions

Best Mergers and Acquisitions and best Takeovers websites
The mergers and acquisitions sector involves hundred of billions of dollars per year. A merger is an amalgamation of two or more companies whereas a takeover involves a one company (the acquiring company) making a bid for another company (the target company). Below are some of the best websites that cover mergers and acquisitions and takeovers.

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GlobalMA.com

Is a corporate advisory service that deals mainly with cross border M&A activity. They publish a very useful league table so that you can see which investment banks are doing best with respect to M&A activity


MandAportal.com

An excellent resource for M&A news. There are also reports, research and a blog. There is also Real Assets Spotlight a monthly newsletter that provides insights into performance, deals investors and fund raising.


FT.com/indepth/m&a

The Financial Times mergers and acquitsiions page is full of the latest news and analysis. There are some very useful videos explaining the activity in the sector.


uk.reuters.com/business/deals/mergers

The UK Reuters page covering mergers and acquisitions. It has a very useful inflows and outflows data by continent covering the last three months plus you can track recent deals.


Themiddlemarket.com

A website devoted to mergers and acquisition in the Middle East. It covers M&A activity by sector and carries the latest news. The website is based upon its magazine.


Pulse.alacra.com

This website scours the internet to get rumours and news about potential takeovers, mergers and IPO news as well as other rumours that can affect stock prices.


Dealbook.nytimes.com/deal-professor

The New York Times has a mergers and acquisitions section that covers the latest M&A news. The section is run by Stephen Davidoff an expert in the area.


Financeplus.com

FinancePlus is a website that provides news, information on potential and actual cross border M&A deals, along with research and a related store for books, magazines and software.


macabacus.com

An excellent M&A website especially for students. The site is a "how-to" guide to mergers and acquisitions accounting and modeling. There are models for valuation and an excellent resources section with useful excel spreadsheets.


finance.fortune.cnn.com/term-sheet

The CNN Term Sheet page is full of M&A news and deals. There are also links to relevant blog posts.


247WallStreet.com/M&A

The 247 Wall Street website provides updates on the latest Mergers and Acquisitions news and developments.


Mergermarket.com

This website gives the latest news and also some useful reports on the state of the global M & A activity. For subscribers it attempts to give insights into prospective M & A activity.


Imaa-institute.org

The Institute for mergers and acquisitions alliance is an academic think tank dedicated to education and research in the M&A area. The resources area has useful statistics and publications. The statistics include data on the top 10 deals in every region of the world.


ftc.gov/merger-review

The Federal Trade Commissions merger review section provides interesting case studies and coverage of anti-competitive issues that might be raised by M&A activity.


TechStrat.com

TechStrat is a strategic advisory firm focused on Growth and it covers the mergers and acquisitions market. We like the transactions page detailing recent activity and the informative blog posts.


Talkmarkets.com/blog/ma

The talkmarkets site has a blog section dedicated to discussing M&A activity. variety of contributors to the blog mean it is an excellent way to keep up with M&A news and developments.


Mergerpie.com

This site is devoted to mergers and acquisition with merger analysis and a news section. A good resources for those interested in the latest prospective developments and activity in this sector.


imaa-institute.org/mergers-and-acquisitions-statistics

Regitered users can look at data on mergers and acquisitions by region. You can look at the data by type of transaction and also industry type.


deloitte.com/m-and-a-index

The Deloittes Merger & Acquisitions index looks at past and future prospects for merger activity. They produce some interesting reports that can be downloaded for free.


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