Mergent, Inc. is the leading provider of business and financial data on global publicly listed companies. Mergent joined the Xinhua Finance family in July 2004, adding depth to our ratings services with its range of research tools and data. Currently headquartered in Charlotte, NC, with sales offices in key North American cities, Mergent has a strong global presence, with offices in London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Toronto and Sydney. Mergent's databases contain detailed equity, debt and corporate action information on over 15,000 U.S. public companies, 20,000 non-U.S. public companies and all U.S. municipal bonds.
For more than a century, Mergent has been providing solutions to clients in the investment management, academic, research and corporate information fields. Today, that unique experience is combined with leading-edge technology to form a robust, diverse product line that operates under Mergent's umbrella. These include; Mergent's Dividend Achievers Indices - the premier benchmark for long-term returns; Ford Equity Research - a leading independent investment research firm; Mergent Online - a powerful web-based research portal that provides critical business information to support daily research and analysis; Mergent Manuals, Handbooks and Investment Guides; BondSource - which offers in-depth municipal and corporate fixed-income data, as well as end-of-day evaluation pricing; EventsData - providing real-time information on corporate actions, dividend payouts, news and updates directly to clients desktops.
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