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Thomson Financial's Investment Banking Group is the leading global provider of data, commentary, and analysis to investment bankers, M&A professionals, and venture capitalists. We provide authoritative and indispensable insight into market fundamentals with a degree of quality and breadth not available elsewhere. Our information services include broker research, capital markets analysis, corporate financial transactions data and company fundamentals. We deliver these services through a comprehensive host of products that enable us to provide our clients with customized solutions to meet their data needs.

Our products have the most respected and established names in the financial information industry, including:

• Thomson Investext®
• Thomson IFR® (International Financing Review)
• Thomson SDC Platinum™
• Thomson WorldScope®
• Thomson Disclosure®
• Thomson DataStream®
• Thomson First Call®

International Financing
Thomson Financial is established worldwide as the benchmark provider of unbiased, distinguished coverage of market activity, flows, and sentiment across global fixed income, foreign exchange, capital markets, and emerging markets.

Share Ownership
Clients around the globe rely on Thomson Financial for critical information on who is buying, selling, and holding securities in over 100 countries. Our data tools help clients determine ownership positions and trends in more than 295,000 equity and fixed-income securities.

Analyst Research
Our comprehensive collection of research includes analyst reports, forecasts, market share figures, competitive analysis, and more. We offer current and historically valid perspectives on market position from highly esteemed analysts from over 520 investment banks, 85 market research firms, and 250 trade associations worldwide.

Financial Transactions Information
Thomson Financial's transactional data covers everything from M&A and poison pills to venture capital financings and repurchases—allowing clients to identify comparable transactions, analyze business trends, and pinpoint new business opportunities.

Company Information
Our suite of research products delivers detailed company information on thousands of U.S. and international companies. Powerful integrated capabilities let clients customize data on SEC Edgar filings, company financials, management details, earnings estimates, corporate activities, and market data to fit their information needs.