Investment banking

Access trusted intelligence, AI-powered insights, and connected workflows designed for investment bankers. Identify opportunities, build stronger pitches, structure better deals, and stay ahead of the competition.

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Deals and league tables

Analyse global deal and market volume against over 3.3 million transactions announced in 225 countries since the 1970s, providing valuable market context and insights.

Aftermarket Research

Gain an edge on your prospecting, valuation and execution work with our Aftermarket Research collection, featuring insights from 1,800 contributors and over 30 million reports dating back to 1982.

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As a cornerstone of LSEG’s broader private market data portfolio, our private company dataset is built on long-standing relationships with leading partners and the PE ecosystem.  

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Discover LSEG's investment banking thought leadership and insights including our latest financial media videos and insight reports on the latest trends shaping financial markets.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Successful investment banking origination relies on the ability to uncover opportunities early and act on them with confidence. LSEG Workspace brings together market intelligence, company information, ownership data, transaction intelligence and industry-leading content within a single workflow, helping bankers enhance deal sourcing, prospect identification and opportunity discovery across M&A, capital markets and private markets.

    With access to more than four million announced transactions, extensive private market data and private company coverage, and tools such as Deals Intelligence and SDC Platinum, firms can identify targets, analyse market trends, benchmark activity and develop more targeted origination strategies. Combined with trusted content from Reuters, IFR, PFI and Dow Jones, these capabilities help bankers turn insights into actionable opportunities, strengthen client engagement and build a stronger investment banking pipeline.

  • Comprehensive transaction data and market-leading league table capabilities enable investment banks to conduct competitor benchmarking and evaluate competitive positioning with greater precision. Through LSEG Workspace, firms can analyse deal activity across M&A, ECM, DCM, syndicated loans and private markets while tracking market share analysis, deal volume, deal value, transaction volume and advisory performance.

    Deals Intelligence and SDC Platinum provide the tools to create custom reports, monitor market trends, support transaction benchmarking and assess performance across sectors and regions. These insights help firms identify growth opportunities, refine business development strategies and track investment banking rankings and league table performance with confidence.

  • Informed client advice depends on access to timely, trusted and relevant intelligence. LSEG Workspace combines Reuters news, Dow Jones content and exclusive insights from IFR, PFI and Zawya with market intelligence, market data, company information, investment banking research, transaction intelligence and industry intelligence within a single workflow.

    This connected view helps bankers stay ahead of market developments through trusted Reuters news, market analysis and advisory insights, enabling them to evaluate opportunities and risks, and support client discussions around M&A, capital raising, refinancing and broader strategic initiatives with greater confidence and speed. Access to aftermarket research, alongside real-time intelligence and market-moving developments, helps bankers deliver more informed and differentiated advice to clients.

  • Understanding the economic forces shaping markets is critical to effective strategic decision-making. Through LSEG Workspace, investment banks can access macroeconomic data, economic indicators, market intelligence, news, economic research and analytics to assess changing market conditions, identify emerging market trends, and evaluate their impact on industries, companies and investment activity across global markets.

    With Datastream, one of the industry's most trusted sources of historical economic and financial data, firms can conduct deeper macroeconomic analysis, analyse long-term trends, benchmark performance and build robust economic models. Combined with Reuters news and advanced analytics, these insights support strategic planning, valuation analysis and client advisory discussions.

  • Robust due diligence requires a clear view of counterparties, ownership structures and potential risks. LSEG's Risk Intelligence solutions combine company information, ownership data and risk intelligence within integrated workflows, helping investment banks conduct third-party screening, assess acquisition targets, investors and counterparties more effectively.

    Firms can perform KYC screening and compliance screening for sanctions exposure, politically exposed persons (PEPs), adverse media and other financial crime or reputational risk concerns while accessing detailed company and beneficial ownership information. Through trusted solutions such as World-Check, banks can strengthen customer due diligence processes and gain a more comprehensive understanding of the entities they engage with. By embedding risk intelligence into due diligence processes, banks can streamline investigations, support compliance requirements and make more informed decisions throughout the deal lifecycle.

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