Overview produces a database which analyses selected corporate mergers and acquisitions. It was founded by individuals with backgrounds in corporate finance in the City. The M&A Monitor database was launched as a web-based product in the second half of 1997, since which time it has established itself as the most reliable source commercially available for analytically rigorous M&A data. Its client base includes the majority of the world's top investment banks and accounting firms. M&A Monitor's strategy is to focus on extending the coverage of its database on a sector by sector basis working in consultation with its existing client base and using its expanding team of analysts drawn from various countries. M&A Monitor is permanently committed to enhancing the quality of its product.