Dow Jones Gives Investment Bankers an Intelligent Edge for Idea Generation and Connecting to Clients
September 15 2009 - 3:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Dow Jones Investment Banker Provides Focused Information about
Events, Companies, Executives and Markets that Drive Opportunity
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- A new solution from Dow Jones
& Company provides investment bankers focused news, commentary
and analysis and critical company and industry information that can
deliver a competitive edge to help bankers generate deal ideas and
connect with clients. Dow Jones Investment Banker offers news,
information and in-depth opinion and analysis on topics essential
to bankers and analysts, including M&A, capital raising,
regulatory changes, and venture-capital and private-equity
financing at global, regional and industry levels. The specialized
content is delivered directly to a banker's desktop or mobile
device by a suite of customizable components and widgets designed
for seamless integration into banks' proprietary applications or
with third-party software and applications. Stephen Bruel, research
director, securities & capital markets at TowerGroup said,
"There is a critical need for investment bankers to quickly uncover
opportunities and trends and then immediately discover connections
and pitch ideas. Efficiently and effectively integrating the
multitude of information into the workflow of an investment banker
will improve the ability of a banker to win deals." "Bankers
contend with a daily deluge of information, which they need to
process quickly to offer advice and insight that their clients
can't get elsewhere," said Mike Porch, vice president and managing
director of Dow Jones's investment banking segment. "Dow Jones
Investment Banker offers an expert's perspective combined with
sophisticated technologies that surface hidden trends, unexpected
patterns and off-the-radar issues within business news and
information. When integrated into the workflow of an investment
banker and accessible via mobile device, Dow Jones Investment
Banker helps quickly identify what's significant for clients,
without forcing bankers to spend precious time searching for
critical news and analysis." Dow Jones Investment Banker's
exclusive opinion and analysis on events, companies, people and
markets - all supported by quantitative materials - is produced by
a dedicated editorial team that includes columnists and writers
with extensive industry experience as investment bankers, fund
managers and industry consultants. Dow Jones Investment Banker also
delivers focused coverage critical to investment bankers from Dow
Jones Newswires, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and other Dow
Jones properties, all of which is handpicked by investment
banking-focused editors. This editorial team also surfaces vital
information from the Dow Jones Factiva database of 25,000 sources,
including newspapers, trade publications, Web sites and blogs, and
organizes it by industry for fast and easy reference. Dow Jones
Investment Banker also enables investment bankers to quickly
identify links and make connections to key corporate decision
makers through a global database of 18 million public and private
corporate snapshots and 36 million executive profiles, to which
banks and bankers can easily add their own contacts. For more
information about Dow Jones Investment Banker, visit
http://www.solutions.dowjones.com/investmentbanker. For more
information about Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, visit
http://www.solutions.dowjones.com/. ABOUT DOW JONES Dow Jones &
Company (http://www.dowjones.com/) is a News Corporation company
(Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; http://www.newscorp.com/). Dow
Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information
services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street
Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review.
Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones
Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow
Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group
operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones owns 50%
of SmartMoney and 33% of STOXX Ltd. and provides news content to
radio stations in the U.S. DATASOURCE: Dow Jones & Company
CONTACT: Media, Shannon Sullivan, Dow Jones Public Relations,
Americas, +1-609-627-2312, ; Michael Burns, Dow Jones Public
Relations, EMEA, +44 (0)20 3217 5434, Web Site:
http://www.dowjones.com/
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