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I am a graduate from Surrey University in England. Having recently completed all your core modules as preparation for an interview in London, I have some further prep to do. I have been advised to (1) read up on recent and past M&A and LBO transactions (more focus on LBOs) and (2) research risk factors across different Industries and Sectors.
Regarding the first point, apart from reading the Financial Times, is there any kind of database (or search I can do on the SEC website) that will help me to find this information? Or any other sources that document these transactions? I understand that there may be a difference between US and UK or European deals, but I think the point is that I familiarize myself with these types of transactions wherever they come from.
About the second point, I found a website for the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) (http://www.ftse.com/Indices/Industry_Cl ... /index.jsp) which classifies all Industries, Supersectors, Sectors and Subsectors and provides brief definitions for all, on behalf of the FTSE Group and Dow Jones Indexes. There are 114 subsectors. Having been introduced to the SEC and 10K, 10Q filings on your course, I have decided to go about researching risk factors from within company 10K filings from different industries/sectors. First, it would be a tremendous task researching one company from each subsector (114 companies!?), is this necessary or is there another way to go about developing an initial foundation for Risk Factors across industries? Secondly, without access to Bloomberg, are there any other free sources that list companies within Indices where I can do a search by Industry, Sector etc? Alternatively a free source that lists the companies listed within exchanges?
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