Dow Jones Private Equity Source Streamlines Investment Deal-Sourcing & Due Diligence; Lets Users Search All Buyout & Growth Transactions, Investment Firms & Companies in the U.S. & Europe NEW YORK, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones Financial Information Services, the leading provider of specialized data, news and events for the financial, corporate and emerging markets, today announced the launch of Private Equity Source (http://privateequity.dowjones.com/), a new database tracking all buyout and growth transactions in the United States and Europe, as well as the investment firms and companies involved. Private Equity Source helps private equity firms, hedge funds, investment banks and service providers augment their market intelligence on key investment sectors, deal partners and potential deals with a continuous flow of accurate, comprehensive, up-to-date insight on today's buyout industry. At launch, the database will include three years of deal data, covering some 7,700 private equity-backed companies and 1,800 investment firms managing more than $1.56 trillion in assets. "With Private Equity Source, we are helping to ensure investment professionals do more profitable deals faster," said Scott Schulman, President of Dow Jones Financial Information Services. "By giving users the power to search and vet deal opportunities by their own custom criteria, we're reducing the amount of time and resources normally required in the due diligence process." Private Equity Source allows users to easily perform advanced searches across a broad range of content and data. Search queries can be easily tailored to fit such criteria as types of deals (buyouts, M&A, IPO, etc.), deal size, time period, company/firms involved and other specifics, and all searches can be saved, downloaded and shared using the database's advanced reporting tools. Mr. Schulman added: "But what really sets Private Equity Source apart is its comprehensive, accurate, up-to-date data." Private Equity Source features: -- Comprehensive Profiles - Complete details on private equity firms and portfolio companies, including investment histories, product overviews, key executives and more. -- Key Contacts - Up-to-date contact details for senior personnel at portfolio companies and private equity firms. -- Lender & Service Provider Details - Information about which banks, accounting firms, law firms and other service providers have been involved in similar deals. -- Sector Benchmarking - Powerful analytic tools compare target companies to similar deals already done in a particular sector. Private Equity Source customers can purchase tiered licenses that allow them to access data that best meets their individual business needs. Higher access tiers include an analytics tool kit that lets users dissect their results to identify underlying market trends. The database will be officially introduced to key Dow Jones clients and their executives during a private launch event in New York City on Thursday, May 15. For more information or to request a free demonstration of Private Equity Source, visit http://privateequity.dowjones.com/ or call (877) 633-8663. ABOUT DOW JONES PRIVATE MARKETS Dow Jones Private Markets (http://www.fis.dowjones.com/) is part of Financial Information Services, a division of Dow Jones & Co., a News Corporation company. Dow Jones Private Markets offers integrated content solutions for the deal-sourcing, due diligence and compliance needs of today's venture capital and private equity investors, fund managers, advisors, and portfolio companies. Core products include the industry-specific deal databases Private Equity Source and VentureSource, as well as the highly-respected publications Private Equity Analyst, VentureWire and LBO Wire. ABOUT DOW JONES Dow Jones & Company (http://www.dowjones.com/) is a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; 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, 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 radio stations in the U.S. DATASOURCE: Dow Jones Financial Information Services CONTACT: Adam Wade, Dow Jones Financial Information Services, +1-415-439-6666, Web site: http://www.fis.dowjones.com/ http://www.dowjones.com/ http://privateequity.dowjones.com/

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