Change the Way You Do Research

iDEAL is all about changing the way M&A professionals do research on aggregate M&A trends in markets worldwide. iDEAL can make running research reports far faster and more efficient with professional-looking results that will impress clients and colleagues alike.

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Introducing the Next Level

If you do trend analysis and research on the M&A market, this simple but powerful research and charting site will change your life. Create, compile and compare aggregate data on a wide array of industries, sectors, and markets in seconds. Instantly plot your data as beautiful color charts that can be printed or ported into other software programs or email as PDF, JPEG or PNG files. Choose from nearly 100 research topics, including M&A deal flow, strategic and financial buyers, cross-border transactions, multiples and premiums. It truly is the next level for M&A research and trend analysis.

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Add Alpha to Your Trend Analysis

Go beyond the industry standards for trend analysis of the M&A market. Conduct a wide array of historical and comparative reports to buttress transaction discussions with clients. Analyze and uncover hidden trends in the markets for your research reports. Reinforce your own top-down thinking. Or take a moment to reference our own coverage of trends in the M&A market, as we look at what’s going up, what’s going down and where it’s all been happening.

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Big or Small

It’s doesn’t matter whether your firm is a big dog or a small one. You’ll find the M&A trend analysis, charting and presentation features useful, fast and efficient. You’ll find the site a snap to learn. And you’ll expend less energy and use fewer resources to create research for yourself and clients. Those are benefits that would make any size firm wag its tail. Happily, we have a free trial so you can see for yourself.

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Data Power…Activate!

You want the best, don’t you? Our raw data is supplied by the industry leader for M&A information: FactSet. We then turn that data into aggregate research and chart data for use by our clients, but rest assured that the number one data company in the business has collected, cleaned, and scrutinized it.

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Brain to Boardroom, 10 Seconds Flat

Got a great last-minute idea before your big meeting? No problem. Just do your research, build your chart, put it in your pitchbook, and get on with business. It can all happen faster than wolfing down a bag of peanuts on an airplane. But don’t take our word for it, give this new trend analysis, charting and research tool a try by starting a free trial. And ask yourself, exactly how much time and effort would this site save you? We think you’ll be pleased with the answer.

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Break Free!

Let’s face it, doing tons of industry and market research and creating pretty-looking charts can feel like one great big ball-and-chain. Plus, it can add a lot of stress under tight deadlines. That’s why we urge you to break free from the old ways of doing things. Forget those bad old days. The hours of research, the back-and-forth on emails and phone calls, the late nights and early mornings, the revisions, the whole presentation…what a total headache! Embrace the iDEAL approach and break free from that world.

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Enjoy Life a Little More

Times are tight and resources lean for every firm in these challenging times. If you could have more time for your clients and yourself, make your team more productive and guarantee professionally produced presentations, why wouldn’t you do that? Let iDEAL make trend research and charting a breeze and maybe you can get away from work a bit earlier today. Shhh!

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Feast Your Eyes on This

You want your charts for clients to look professional and iDEAL charts are mouth-wateringly professional. Clean, crisp, colorful, available in 2D or 3D, iDEAL charts can make a presentation pop. Easily changed, resized and labeled, iDEAL charts will look sharp on the printed page or in any standard electronic format. What’s more, they are a moveable feast. Available on your BlackBerry or iPhone, you can create them and take them wherever you go.

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