Independent Global Research provides independent research on current Mergers and Acquisitions in the Global Markets.
IG Research has three products covering Mergers and Acquisitions in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Americas Merger
An Unbiased Detailed Analysis of North, South and Central American M&A Transactions
The team of analysts leverages its experience in Mergers & Acquisitions to deliver a powerful service.
The service covers M&A deals with targets in the Americas for announced transactions and for selected potential bids.
- All announced deals for which the market capitalization of the target is greater than $500 million are covered in detail (except in exceptional cases where liquidity is too small to justify coverage)
- The markets covered are the North, South and Central America
- Both announced transactions and for selected potential bids.
- Selected, tradable, deals below this threshold may also be covered
- Pre-announced deals are regularly covered
The analysis of deals includes
- Terms of the offer
- Conditions attached to the offer
- Offer timetable
- Risk analysis
- Takeover regulation (for the target)
- Potential competition and regulatory issues, and other potential issues
- Rationale for the deal
- Valuation of the target
- Value of the target to the bidder
IG Research analysts are fluent in a range of languages, and have developed expertise in regulation, competition and takeover regulation across the North, South and Central American markets.
- Internal expertise is supplemented by contact with lawyers and regulators in the individual markets.
On individual deals Americas Merger will provide:
- Initial Reports: Generally produced on the day of announcement
- The initial report gives an in depth description of the deal (as described above)
- Follow up Reports: Ongoing M&A transactions are actively monitored.
- Americas Merger publishes follow-up reports covering developments in individual deals.
- Internal expertise is supplemented by contact with lawyers and regulators in the individual markets.
In addition Americas Merger produces regular updates on the progress of deals
- Daily Note: Published each morning, the Daily Note provides headlines of developments in existing deals and new situations.
- Calendar: A weekly publication that provides a timetable of historic and forward looking dates for each of the deals in Americas Merger’s coverage.
- Deal Status Report: A weekly report that outlines the current status of all of the deals being covered.
- Discounts and Estimated Returns: A weekly publication providing current discounts, estimated settlement dates and estimated annualized returns for each of the deals in Americas Merger’s current coverage.
Subscribers to Americas Merger have access to:
- The Independent Global Research website: The website contains a library of IG Research reports.
- Americas Merger clients can search the website and download Americas Merger publications.
- Contact with Authors: Subscribers to Americas Merger have personal telephone contact with its authors. This is an enormous value-added aspect of the service. Authors will spend a significant portion of their day discussing pertinent aspects of deals that Americas Merger is currently covering.
- Americas Merger will also analyze transactions that are below its minimum market capitalization criterion on a case by case basis for clients.
European Merger
An Unbiased Detailed Analysis of European M&A Transactions
The team of analysts leverages its experience in European M&A to deliver a powerful service.
The service covers M&A deals with targets in Europe for announced transactions and for selected potential bids.
- All announced deals for which the market capitalization of the target is greater than €500 million are covered in detail (except in exceptional cases where liquidity is too small to justify coverage)
- The markets covered are the European Union and Scandinavia
- Both announced transactions and for selected potential bids.
- Selected, tradable, deals below this threshold may also be covered
- Pre-announced deals are regularly covered
The analysis of deals includes
- Terms of the offer
- Conditions attached to the offer
- Offer timetable
- Risk analysis
- Takeover regulation (for the target)
- Potential competition and regulatory issues, and other potential issues
- Rationale for the deal
- Valuation of the target
- Value of the target to the bidder
IG Research analysts are fluent in a range of European language, and have developed expertise in regulation, competition and takeover regulation across the European markets.
- Internal expertise is supplemented by contact with lawyers and regulators in the individual markets.
On individual deals European Merger will provide:
- Initial Reports: Generally produced on the day of announcement
- The initial report gives an in depth description of the deal (as described above)
- Follow up Reports: Ongoing M&A transactions are actively monitored.
- European Merger publishes follow-up reports covering developments in individual deals.
- Internal expertise is supplemented by contact with lawyers and regulators in the individual markets.
In addition European Merger produces regular updates on the progress of deals
- Daily Note: Published each morning, the Daily Note provides headlines of developments in existing deals and new situations.
- Calendar: A weekly publication that provides a timetable of historic and forward looking dates for each of the deals in European Merger’s coverage.
- Deal Status Report: A weekly report that outlines the current status of all of the deals being covered.
- Discounts and Estimated Returns: A weekly publication providing current discounts, estimated settlement dates and estimated annualized returns for each of the deals in European Merger’s current coverage.
Subscribers to European Merger have access to:
- The Independent Global Research website: The website contains a library of European Research reports.
- European Merger clients can search the website and download European Merger publications.
- Contact with Authors: Subscribers to European Merger have personal telephone contact with its authors. This is an enormous value-added aspect of the service. Authors will spend a significant portion of their day discussing pertinent aspects of deals that European Merger is currently covering.
- European Merger will also analyze transactions that are below its minimum market capitalization criterion on a case by case basis for clients.
Asia-Pacific Merger
An Unbiased Detailed Analysis of Asia-Pacific M&A Transactions
The team of analysts leverages its experience in Asia-Pacific M&A to deliver a powerful service.
The service covers M&A deals where the target is outside the Americas and Europe
- Markets covered include
- South Africa, Australia and New Zealand
- Hong Kong, China, Singapore and other South East Asian countries
In general coverage will include liquid transactions where the target has a market capitalization of over US$1 billion
- Both announced transactions and for selected potential bids.
- Selected, tradable, deals below this threshold may also be covered
- Pre-announced deals are regularly covered on a selective basis
The analysis of deals includes
- Terms of the offer
- Conditions attached to the offer
- Offer timetable
- Risk analysis
- Takeover regulation (for the target)
- Potential competition and regulatory issues, and other potential issues
- Rationale for the deal
- Valuation of the target
- Value of the target to the bidder
Asia-Pac Merger analysts have developed expertise in regulation, competition and takeover regulation across markets.
- Internal expertise is supplemented by contact with lawyers and regulators in the individual markets.
On individual deals Asia-Pac Merger will provide:
- Initial Reports: Generally produced on the announcement day (or on the day after announcement if necessary)
- The initial report gives a detailed description of the deal (as described above)
- Follow up Reports: Ongoing M&A transactions are actively monitored.
- Asia-Pac Merger publishes follow-up reports covering developments in individual deals.
In addition Asia-Pac Merger produces regular weekly updates on the progress of deals
- Daily Note: Published each morning, the Daily Note provides headlines of developments in existing deals and new situations.
- Calendar: A weekly publication that provides a timetable of historic and forward looking dates for each of the deals in Asia-Pac Merger’s coverage.
- Deal Status Report: A report which outlines current status of all of deals.
- Discounts and Estimated Returns: A weekly publication providing current discounts, estimated settlement dates and estimated annualized returns for each of the deals in Asia-Pac Merger’s current coverage.
Subscribers to Asia-Pac Merger have access to:
- The Independent Global Research website: The website contains a library of IG Research reports.
- Asia-Pac clients can search the website and download Asia-Pac Merger publications.
- Contact with Authors: Subscribers to Asia-Pac Merger have personal telephone contact with its authors. is an enormous value-added aspect of the service. Authors will spend a significant portion of their day discussing pertinent aspects of any deal that Asia-Pac is currently covering
- Asia-Pac will also analyze transactions that are below its minimum market capitalization criterion on a case by case basis for clients
