# CTFN

> CTFN is a financial intelligence service delivering sourced reporting on M&A regulatory risk, antitrust outcomes, and deal timing across North America and Europe. Trusted by hedge fund managers, merger arbitrage traders, M&A lawyers, and investment bankers.

## About
- [CTFN Homepage](https://ctfn.news/): Full description of products, team credentials, and coverage areas.
- [Spitzer Data](https://ctfn.news/spitzerdata): CTFN's live M&A data platform — break prices, deal spreads, odds of close, an M&A database, league tables and company profiles.

## Articles
- [M&A News & Analysis](https://ctfn.news/articles-home): Full index of sourced M&A intelligence articles covering active deals across sectors.
- [Article feed (RSS)](https://ctfn.news/feed.xml): Every article, newest first.
- [Sitemap](https://ctfn.news/sitemap.xml): All indexable pages.

## Coverage Areas
CTFN covers: US federal and state antitrust (DOJ, FTC, state AGs), FCC broadcast regulation, UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), European Commission merger control, CFIUS and FDI screenings, healthcare M&A, tech/media/telecom deals, utilities, and casino/gaming transactions.

## Team
CTFN's reporters include former NYSE floor professionals, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley analysts, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, and lawyers from Ropes & Gray. The CEO is Jonathan Spitzer, a former merger-arbitrage portfolio manager (Yale BA, Columbia MBA). Team pages: https://ctfn.news/team/<first-last>, for example https://ctfn.news/team/diane-alter and https://ctfn.news/team/ryan-lynch.

## Products
- News: Sourced reporting proven to move markets
- Daily Newsletter: Pending mergers above $1bn in North America, UK and Europe
- Spitzer Data: Proprietary break prices, deal-closing probabilities, an M&A database and league tables (https://spitzerdata.com)
- Direct Consultations: One-on-one calls with CTFN reporters
- Research Tools: Regulatory calendars, PUSU monitors, active-situations summaries
- API: Proprietary datasets on corporate filings and event-driven data

## Contact
- Westport, CT: 55 Post Road West
- London: 7 Bell Yard, WC2A 2JR
- Email: info@ctfn.news