CTFN’s esteemed reporting service, our M&A news product, leverages industry intel and sophisticated sourcing from a team of experienced journalists and former investment managers to advance coverage of critical deals and regulatory activity. All news stories, dating back to the start of our service in 2014, can be searched and sorted on the platform.

A weekday update of developments and changes in the deals that our analyst team is tracking. The Daily Observer includes deal announcements, associated filings and releases, sourced content from our journalists, and a summative review of activity in the deal and regulatory space from the prior 24 hours. All Daily Observer content and associated links can be searched and sorted on the platform.

Readers can schedule time to speak directly with a CTFN journalist when they have specific questions about a story. All Direct Consultations are chaperoned by CTFN’s Director of Compliance.

Complete data set of news stories, content, tickers, dates, and times since our service launched in 2014.

Exclusive events that bring CTFN contacts face to face with subscribers. Readers are invited to attend events and ask questions of a speaker who offers a unique perspective on a relevant and timely topic. Examples of some past speakers CTFN has hosted include:

• Debbie Feinstein, FTC Former Director, Bureau of Competition
• Jon Orszag, Senior Managing Director, Compass Lexecon Economic Consulting Firm
• Nathan Leamer, FCC staffer and former advisor to then Chairman, Adjit Pai
• Stephen Weissman, FTC Former Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition

CTFN readers have access to a range of resources on our platform to enhance their research:

• DMA Alerts – Realtime alerts of all Definitive Merger Agreements, as they are filed at the SEC. The Pressrisk platform also applies an algorithm that extracts relevant details and clauses so our readers can have a quick summary of the filing. Pressrisk assigns a score to each agreement, indicating its likelihood of being upheld in Chancery court.
• Regulatory Calendar – Upcoming events, deadlines, and decisions expected on critical deals and regulatory transactions. This calendar is populated by the CTFN analyst team in conjunction with their deal research.
• Active Situations – A list of the current deals that CTFN is covering and a simplified way to gather news, calendar items, court transcripts, filings, releases, and announcements, by deal, in one centralized location. Subscribers who use the RMS inbox can also integrate their own email subscriptions into the search.
• Filings – Links to all filings and resources referenced in our news content and The Daily.