Finance 110 - Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

• Factiva is the source of information about M&A activity
• Factiva is limited to 6 simultaneous users at a time
• The interface will log you out of the service if there is no activity for 10 minutes
• The interface is set to search for the previous 3 months and must be customized
• The interface is set to search all 18000 sources globally
• Factiva will allow you to identify companies that have announced a specific significant event
  • merger, acquisition
• This is how you will create your set of companies

Below is a PowerPoint that illustrates how to customize your research in Factiva