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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