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Contents
Contents
About This Document ........................................................................................................... 5
Intended Readership ................................................................................................................................5 In This Document .....................................................................................................................................5 Feedback ..................................................................................................................................................5
Chapter 1
Home Page
Chapter 2
Basic Functions...............................................................................................9
Chapter 3
My Pages Overview Prices Financials Estimates Ownership Filings Research Deals
News & Events ......................................................................................................................................17 Comparables (Peer Analysis).................................................................................................................17 Officers and Directors.............................................................................................................................18
Chapter 4 Chapter 5
Evaluating a Portfolio..............................................................................................................................21
Chapter 6
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Contents
News
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Chapter 7
Equities
Ownership Mode............................................................................................26
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Quick Reports ................................................................................................................................................... 26 Holders ................................................................................................................................................... 27 Holders Momentum ................................................................................................................................................ 27 13F History ................................................................................................................................................... 27 Batch Reporting ................................................................................................................................................... 27
Chapter 8
M&A Equity Bonds Loans
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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In This Document
ThomsonONE Banker provides professionals in investment banking, consulting, and private equity/venture capital communities with the tools to monitor changing market conditions and breaking news. The tool has a number of functionalities and this guide covers the step-by-step procedures to fully utilize Banker.
Feedback
If you have any comments on this document, please contact Robert Perry at robert.e.perry@thomsonreuters.com.
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Home Page
The Thomson ONE Banker Home Page is composed of three parts:
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Information Bar
The Information Bar links to useful and important resources.
Project Tracking accesses Thomson ONEs project tracking feature. The Jump To drop-down menu accesses related applications (entitlements required). Product Overview presents an overview of Thomson ONE Banker. FAQ answers questions about Add-ons, Thomson Research, and data contribution. About Us provides information about Thomson Financial and a link to the company website. Support offers a list of worldwide support resources. Training lists contact information for in-house training. Help opens help file. Logout ends the current session.
Sidebar Navigation
The sidebar navigation provides three separate functions: Companies Manager - Use to change the company displayed in the Contents window, search for a company symbol or add a company to a portfolio listing. Portfolio Manager - Use to create, open, edit, save, print and export a new or existing portfolio listing. Use the Expand and Collapse icons to open and close the Portfolio Manager function toolbar. Mode Manager - Use to list all available Thomson ONE Banker modes and control what appears in the Contents Window. Click the tab containing the mode name to access the modes menus. Only one mode can be open at a time. Company Analysis is the default mode. Use the expand and collapse icons to open and close any available sub-menus. Adjust the size of the Mode Manager by placing the cursor over the right boundary and dragging it. Some Mode Manager sub-menus have additional drop-down sub-menus, accessible by rolling the mouse pointer over the icon.
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Contents Window
The Contents Window displays the mode selection and contains the reports, charts, descriptions, graphs, scales, ranking lists and other information appropriate to your selection.
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To search for a company 1. Click the Symbol Lookup icon window. . The Symbol Lookup search function opens in the Contents
(In Advanced Searchings Basic Search, you can also search on public, private, and public & private companies.) 3. Type and select your search criteria, and select Contains or Begins With. 4. Select Exclude Inactive Companies and/or Search All Levels. 5. Click Search. The results of the search appear in tabular format in the Contents window. Note: You may need to refine and repeat your search if your company did not appear.
6. Click the hyperlinked company name, -orChoose one of the company identifiers (quote symbol, CUSIP, etc.) from the table listing, type it into the Companies field in the Companies Manager window, and click Go. To use company search 1. Click the Search for Companies icon Contents Window. . The Name and Key Searching function appears in the
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To create a portfolio or company set The default portfolio name is MySet. 1. Load a company using the Companies Manager window (see Loading a Company). 2. Click the Add security to portfolio list icon in the Companies Manager window. 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 as necessary. 4. Click the Save icon in the Portfolios Manager window. 5. Type the portfolio name in the Save As: field. 6. Click Save. Note: See Comparables Mode for additional uses of a portfolio set as a peer set.
To select an existing portfolio 1. Click the expand icon to open the Portfolio Manager.
2. Select a saved portfolio from the Portfolio Manager drop-down, - or Click the Open icon. 3. Select the portfolio, and click Open.
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4. Click Save and Continue. 5. Click Layout, then click and drag components to the desired locations in the four-part layout window. 6. Click Save and Continue. 7. Click Settings, then type a name for the page in the Page Name text box. 8. Click Save.
Overview
Overview displays a Company Overview page for the selected company. This page provides access to a snapshot on thousands of companies with data from Worldscope, First Call and Datastream, including key financial statistics, financial ratios, a detailed business description, the most recent company news, summary earnings estimates, and more. To access Company Overview 1. Select the Company Analysis mode. 2. Type the companys symbol or CUSIP in the Companies Manager window, and click Go.
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Prices
The first display is the Detailed Quote report. Prices provides a number of chart options in the Mode Manager, including an Interactive Chart, which can be customized to fit your specific criteria. You can separate multiple symbols in Ticker/Key with commas, e.g., DELL, IBM. Time Frame - Specify chart frequency, start and end dates Compare To - Add a company to the chart, change the relative benchmark index or create a custom peer set. Indicators - Add moving averages to the main chart and change the indicators for the subchart. Chart Style & Data Options - Indicate line styles and data types (padding, adjusted and rebased). You can download charts and price reports to Excel, and you can customize their scale and currency.
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Financials
Financials provides access to reports such as:
Worldscope 5-Year Balance Sheet Report Worldscope 5-Year Income Statement Worldscope Annual Ratios Report
Estimates
Estimates provides a Thomson Estimates Tearsheet for the symbol in the Companies Manager window, including:
Key basic and statistical data and a buy/sell bar chart. A dynamic consensus estimate table. An EPS estimate forecasts bar chart covering the current and next three years. Drill down for details. A surprise history summary table for the last 4 periods. P/E ratios and the growth rate for the current and next three years. A price chart for the past six months. An estimate revisions chart. A recommendations table with a breakdown for the past four months. Full reports on Consensus, Details and Historical estimates are also available.
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Ownership
Ownership provides a one-page summary of a particular companys shareholders. It covers a broad selection of worldwide holders, with information on over 295,000 equity and fixed-income securities from more than 100 countries. It contains:
Tables of shareholders Regions Investment styles Concentration Rotation Top 10 institutions Top 10 mutual funds You can display Summary reports by Firms, Funds or Insider Transactions via the toolbar tabs. You can create Quick ownership reports via the side navigation pane. You can export Ownership reports to Excel by clicking the Excel icon, or you can save a report to PDF by clicking the PDF icon.
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Filings
Filings, updated on a real-time basis, provides access to a comprehensive listing of a companys filing history including:
Domestic and international filings Real-time and historical SEC filings New issues and proxies M&A filings Insider trading filings State and federal agency documents Criminal and civil filings Foreign exchange filings Bankruptcy filings Filings also provides access to a filing document search engine through Thomson Research, allowing you to search, or conduct a full-text search on EDGAR filings documents.
Note: EDGAR filings are available in Word, HTML and Adobe. Non-EDGAR filings are available in Adobe only.
Research
Research provides access to research reports written by top analysts at over 800 leading investment banks and independent research firms worldwide. Each business day, you can access nearly 4,000 new in-depth research reports on companies, industries and markets containing:
In-depth primary research and statistics Market trends Forecasts Segment analyses
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Select Conduct Research Report Search in the Manager Mode to open Thomson Research, where you can search on reports back to 1983 by report text, headlines, industry, date, region and author. You can also filter for initiating coverage and fixed income reports.
Deals
Deals provides detailed reports on company and industry transactions since 1998. The reports also provide links to a deals transaction history and printable tearsheets for each deal. The available Deals sub-tabs are:
Recent Transactions Company Deal Volume Company Banking Relationships Shelf Poison Pills
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Select a different basis for comparison from the Mode Manager, or click Select a new Peer Set.
To create a custom peer set 1. Click Custom Peer Set. 2. Choose the type of comparison you want, using radio buttons, drop-downs and lookup icons to create industry, geographic location or financial comparisons. 3. Click Search. Note: You can save, store and reuse custom peer sets in the Existing Set folder.
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To use a portfolio set as a peer set 1. Create a portfolio set (See Working with Portfolios, and Comparables Modes). 2. From the Portfolio Manager drop-down select peers. 3. Open Comparables and select a type of comparison. You can run the following comparison report types: Overviews provides access to Comparative Profiles, Valuation Comparisons, Absolute Rankings, and Per Share Data reports. Financials provides access reports based on Key Financials, Key Financial Ratios, Key Financial Margins, Balance Sheets, Balance Sheet Margins, Balance Sheet Growth, Income Statement, Income Statement Margins, Income statement Growth and Cash Flow. Performance provides Profitability, Liquidity and Growth comparison reports. Earnings provides comparison reports based on EPS, PE and % Change.
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Note:
An Index Performance Overview. An Interactive Market Chart. An Actual Value Price History Report, including open, hi, lo, close and volume for a given period. Price charts, including price line, high/low/close, candlestick and moving average. A Datastream Index Performance Summary. Indices is available only to clients who subscribe to Datastream. Overview reports are available to all users of an index that is covered in Datastream Index Service.
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To load an Index Type the name in the Index field of the Index Manager and click Go. To search for an index If you do not know the index name, you can search for it using one of two methods:
To use index lookup 1. Click the Index Lookup icon .The lookup search function opens in the Contents window and provides a keyword-based search. 2. Type and select your search criteria. 3. Select Exclude Inactive Indexes and/or Search Constituents Indexes Only. 4. Click Search. 5. Click the index identifier in the table.
To use the MSCI search function 1. Click the MSCI Index link in the Index Manager window.
2. Locate an index using the geographic and/or an industrial breakdown windows. 3. Click the index name to load the index and view its details.
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Evaluating a Portfolio
You can evaluate a portfolio by running reports from the following sub-menus: Overview Creates a valuation report on all the companies in your portfolio. The report includes:
Company Name Quote Symbol Industry Country Exchange Last Closing Price P/E Ratios Price to Book
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Performance Analysis Report Profitability Analysis Report Liquidity Analysis Report Financials
Provides these key financial data reports:
Prices
Valuation Report Guidance List Report Per Share Data Summary Report Earnings
Provides the following two built-in reports:
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Markets Economics Data News LIBOR US Treasury Currencies Markets Markets provides Real-time News, an interactive price and volume chart and customizable pricing columns. Realtime News Realtime News shows the latest financial headlines.
Interactive Chart The Interactive Chart shows price and volume data for the company indicated in the Companies Manager.
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Pricing Monitors Markets includes four customizable pricing monitors. To add, rename or delete a monitor 1. In the pricing monitor, click the Show/Hide Toolbar icon (upper left corner). 2. Click the Manage Portfolios icon to open the Edit Portfolios pop-up window. 3. Highlight the name of the portfolio, and click Add, Rename or Delete. You will not be asked to confirm a deletion. 4. If adding a portfolio, click Add from the Edit Portfolios pop-up window. Type the name of the portfolio and click Add. 5. Click Close in the Edit Portfolio dialog. To add a symbol/company to a monitor 1. Click the Show/Hide Toolbar icon.
2. Select the desired monitor from the drop-down. 3. Click a cell in the Symbol column. 4. Type the symbol name. 5. Press ENTER. To delete a symbol/company from the monitor 1. Click a company 2. Press DELETE. To customize a monitors color scheme 1. Click the Show/Hide Toolbar icon. 2. Click the Color/Layout Setup icon to access the Edit Preferences pop-up. 3. Click the Color Setup icon and select Custom Color. Clicking Default reverts to the default color scheme. 4. Select one of the customizable options by clicking its radio button, and adjust the color sliders to modify the options default color scheme. 5. Click Apply to view the change without committing to it. 6. Click either Save or Cancel to keep or reject the change and exit the Custom Color dialog.
Economics Data
Economics shows key Datastream economic indicators for specific countries. The left side of the display shows the description of each indicator. The right side shows the following:
Frequency with which the data is updated. Latest value. Units in which the value is measured (e.g., US $ billion). Percentage change since the last update. Date of the latest update. Previous value.
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News
To read a story, click a headline.
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Equities Investors Contacts Fixed Income All sub-menus open to a Ownership Criteria screen where you can: Select and define search criteria items. Click the Saved Searches tab to open and retrieve a saved set of criteria items. Open customized holders reports, using the Results tab (define criteria items first). Save criteria items using the Save icon. View the portfolios of the selected holders, using the View Portfolio of (selected holder).
Equities
The Equities sub-menus report data for the selected company. This information is accessible via the following Equities screens:
Quick Reports
The Quick Reports sub-menu provides access to these eight reports:
Ownership Summary: An overview of the selected companys shareholders, defined by investor type and style, insider filings, shareholder location, rotation, turnover, concentration and top ten investors. All Shareholders: The top 50 shareholders of a companys stock, their current positions and percent changes. Investment Manager Holders: The top 50 institution filings, their current positions and percent changes. Mutual Fund Holders: The top 50 mutual funds that own a companys stock, their current positions and percent changes. Strategic Holders: All beneficial holders, their current positions and percent changes. Shareholder Momentum: The top 50 institution momentum, their most recent positions and percent changes over a period of time. Insider Holders: The top 50 insider holders, holder relationships, direct and/or indirect holdings. Insider Transactions: The top 50 individual insider transactions, number of shares involved, their prices and market values.
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Holders
Holders provides search capabilities for determining the holders of any company or selected security. Holders uses a customizable search and presents the results in one of three selectable report formats:
Single Security Analysis: Review and filter holders of a single security. For example, you could identify all the growth investors who hold Microsoft shares. This is a snapshot report that reflects ownership at a specified point or period of time. Peer Analysis: View a report that compares the ownership of up to 50 companies. For example, you could identify all the holders in MSFT, DELL and IBM. This is a snapshot report that reflects ownership at a specific point or period of time. Holdings Detail: Provides a cross-holdings report. Cross holding occurs when listed corporations own securities issued by other listed corporations.
Holders Momentum
Holders Momentum provides search capabilities for determining the holders of any company or selected security over a period of time. Holders Momentum uses a customizable search and presents the results in one of two selectable report formats:
13F History
13F History provides ownership reports based on SEC 13F filings. Three reports are available:
Historical Holders: Review a snapshot report of 13F ownership by quarter on a single security going back to 1978. Historical Momentum: Review a trend report of 13F ownership reports on a single security across a period of time going back to 1978. Historical Peer Analysis: Compare 13F ownership reports on multiple securities.
Batch Reporting
Batch Reporting is a way of generating Quick Reports on multiple companies. Batch Reporting uses the current portfolio list, the current company or a list of securities that you create. Batch Reporting uses a customizable search and presents the results in one of three selectable report formats:
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M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) Equity Bonds Loans Project Finance Where applicable click one of the following icons to: Submit deal information, changes or inquiries Export to MS Excel Print a report Print selected announcements View deal tearsheet View filings
M&A
For market awareness, M&A can display merger and acquisition transactions dating back to 1998. M&A provides the following sub-menus: Overview provides a global market overview of merger and acquisition transactions.
Recent Deals provides a table of deal announcements and a dynamic table of completed deals. Sort the table using the drop-down menus. League Tables provides analysis of global transactions using Thomson Financials standard league tables. League Tables has two sub-menu options: Financial Advisors Legal Advisor Custom League Tables provides announced and completed M&A league tables for both financial and legal deal advisors based on transactions since 1998. Thomson Reuter's industry-standard league tables are based upon a single set of globally consistent criteria, submission guidelines, transaction classifications, and eligibility rules. Coverage is global and updated in real-time. Ranking is based on real-time data when a league table is generated. Volume Trends reports the total number of stock shares, bonds or commodities futures contracts traded during a particular period. Volume Analysis contains the following sub-menus: Worldwide Analysis US Analysis Europe Analysis Asia Analysis Japan Analysis Search functions offer a completely customizable search engine with access to all applicable data items, logical set operations, keep/exclude and use request functionality. List management is also available. There are complete reporting capabilities. Standard and custom reports, league tables and volume analyses can be viewed, printed or downloaded. You can also open saved advanced search criteria for reuse for deals searches.
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Equity
Equity provides access to global IPO transactions, and includes the following sub-menus:
Overview provides a global market overview of initial public offerings. Recent Deals provides summary and detailed information on equity deal transactions since 1998. Pipeline deals are announced, but not yet completed deals. The pipeline tracks recent active public and private projects from the rumor stage up to the point of financial close. Projects in development, in tender, seeking advisors, seeking funders, where funders have been appointed, and in syndication are included. Recent Deals provides information on pipeline transactions which are expected to come to market (known as firm pipeline listings), recent filings, and shelf registrations. Recent Deals also provides listings of recently withdrawn and completed deals. Completed deals are projects that have reached financial close within the previous 12 months. Data is global and updated daily. League Tables provides underlying deals data, which you can access through league table code or date range links. Volume Trends reports the total number of stock shares, bonds or commodities futures contracts traded during a particular period. Volume Analysis has five submenus: Global Analysis Americas Analysis Europe Analysis Asia Analysis Japan Analysis Search functions offer a completely customizable search engine with access to all applicable data items, logical set operations, keep/exclude and use request functionality. List management is also available. There are complete reporting capabilities. Standard and custom reports, league tables and volume analyses can be viewed, printed or downloaded. You can also open saved advanced search criteria for reuse for deals searches.
Bonds
Bonds provides analysis capabilities on bond transactions going back to 1998, including the issued day, issuer, proceeds amount, type, coupon and bookrunner for each transaction. Bonds has five submenus:
Use Bonds to view recent market activity, track competitors and analyze high-yield offerings, investment grade offerings, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, agency debt offerings, emerging market debt offerings, shelf filings, private placements, market share and volume trends.
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Loans
Loans provides multi-layered analysis on loan transactions going back to 1998, including the closed day, borrower, loan package amount and bookrunner for each transaction. Loans has seven submenus:
Use Tools to view recent market activity, track competitors and analyze investment grade loans, near investment grade loans, leverage loans, high-leverage loans, market share and volume trends.
Project Finance
Project Finance provides a comprehensive market overview for global project finance activity, including headline news, global announced project volume by quarter, global funded projects by region and year-to-date global project finance activity. Project Finance has six submenus:
Overview News Recent Deals League Tables Volume Trends Quick Search
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Profiles
Profiles provides the ability to generate detailed profile reports using quick or advanced searches. The profiles contain a wide range of identifying and defining information, investment rounds history, exit IPO/acquisition data, a list of investor firms and funds, and the names of corporate executives with attached background biographies. The Profiles sub-menus are:
Deal Prospecting
Deal Prospecting provides search capabilities designed to create detailed deal prospecting reports. Conduct searches using the following five sub-menus:
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Fundraising
Fundraising provides search capabilities designed to create detailed fundraising reports. Conduct searches using these two sub-menus:
Benchmarking
Report Writer
Report Writer will create VXBooks, consisting of various Private Equity reports and profiles, in an Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
My Searches
My Searches stores your Private Equity search criteria for reuse.
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Companies News Research Deals PE Investments Events Investors Research Filings Search Filings Full Text Search Officers and Directors
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