Dealtracker shows SME reluctance to sell and higher earnings multiples for small targets

Dealtracker shows SME reluctance to sell and higher earnings multiples for small targets

Small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) continue to be the engine room o...

Telstra to acquire tech consultancy Versent for $267.5m

Telstra to acquire tech consultancy Versent for $267.5m

Australia's largest telco Telstra (ASX: TLS) is upping its digi...

Body Science, Humble Group save Halo Food Co facility in Sydney

Body Science, Humble Group save Halo Food Co facility in Sydney

More than a month after falling into voluntary administration, form...

Tempo Group swoops on Nourish Foods just weeks after receivers called in

Tempo Group swoops on Nourish Foods just weeks after receivers called in

Nourish Foods, a fast-growing children’s snack-food company t...

Melbourne healthtech Pharmachal set for Canadian listing in reverse takeover

Melbourne healthtech Pharmachal set for Canadian listing in reverse takeover

Melbourne-based pharmaceutical and nutraceutical company Pharmachal...

Property transaction powerhouse PEXA to buy UK tech business Smoove for $59m

Property transaction powerhouse PEXA to buy UK tech business Smoove for $59m

As a digital exchange platform that already has an 88 per cent mark...

WiseTech bolsters container logistics offering through Matchbox Exchange acquisition

WiseTech bolsters container logistics offering through Matchbox Exchange acquisition

Transport logistics software group WiseTech Global (ASX: WTC) has a...

Computershare to sell US mortgage services business for $1.13 billion

Computershare to sell US mortgage services business for $1.13 billion

Melbourne-headquartered financial administration group Computershar...

Costa board accepts $1.4b takeover offer from Paine Schwartz, Driscoll’s and BCI

Costa board accepts $1.4b takeover offer from Paine Schwartz, Driscoll’s and BCI

One of Australia’s largest fruit and vegetable producers, Cos...

Hospitality platforms Mr Yum and me&u merging to become a new global giant

Hospitality platforms Mr Yum and me&u merging to become a new global giant

Australian tech scale-ups me&u and Mr Yum are merging to create...

Fujitsu widens its advisory net after snaring Canberra’s MF & Associates

Fujitsu widens its advisory net after snaring Canberra’s MF & Associates

Canberra-based digital transformation (DX) consultancy MF & Ass...

US private equity group Paine Schwartz Partners slashes $139m from its offer for Costa Group

US private equity group Paine Schwartz Partners slashes $139m from its offer for Costa Group

US private equity group Paine Schwartz Partners has slashed the off...

ACL’s $1.58b merger with Healius hits a snag as ACCC decision looms

ACL’s $1.58b merger with Healius hits a snag as ACCC decision looms

The $1.58 billion off-market takeover bid for pathology company Hea...

Rich-list family company Kin Group in $234m bid for packing giant Pact Group

Rich-list family company Kin Group in $234m bid for packing giant Pact Group

Kin Group, an investment company owned by Melbourne-based rich-list...

Atturra spending spree continues with $49m bid for Cirrus Networks

Atturra spending spree continues with $49m bid for Cirrus Networks

Sydney-based Atturra (ASX: ATA) has made its fifth acquisition anno...

CBA buys invoice lending platform Waddle from Xero

CBA buys invoice lending platform Waddle from Xero

Cloud invoice finance solution Waddle is changing hands for the sec...

Orora to pour billions into French bottle maker buyout

Orora to pour billions into French bottle maker buyout

Melbourne-based packaging company Orora (ASX: ORA) is embarking on ...

Pepper Money buys HSBC's $1.3 billion NZ mortgage portfolio

Pepper Money buys HSBC's $1.3 billion NZ mortgage portfolio

One of Australia's leading non-bank lenders Pepper Money (ASX: ...

Healthia board agrees to $252m buyout from Pacific Equity Partners

Healthia board agrees to $252m buyout from Pacific Equity Partners

The board of Brisbane-based allied health company Healthia (ASX: HL...

Yowie plucks one of Australia's oldest chocolate companies Ernest Hillier from administration

Yowie plucks one of Australia's oldest chocolate companies Ernest Hillier from administration

One of Australia's oldest chocolatiers has been picked up from ...

ANZ takes Suncorp merger rejection to competition tribunal

ANZ takes Suncorp merger rejection to competition tribunal

ANZ (ASX: ANZ) has delivered on its plans to appeal a decision from...

Collapsed non-alc brand Sans Drinks sold to Just Wines

Collapsed non-alc brand Sans Drinks sold to Just Wines

Non-alcoholic drinks specialty store Sans Drinks has been rescued a...

Advent’s $1b-plus private equity partnership to drive Zimmermann’s global growth

Advent’s $1b-plus private equity partnership to drive Zimmermann’s global growth

Private equity group Advent International has snared a majority sta...

ModnPods upsizes manufacturing base after securing QIC investment to tackle housing crisis

ModnPods upsizes manufacturing base after securing QIC investment to tackle housing crisis

Gold Coast innovator ModnPods, a company that has made headway in b...

Persistence pays for Bain Capital as it seals deal to buy Estia Health for $838m

Persistence pays for Bain Capital as it seals deal to buy Estia Health for $838m

Persistence appears to have paid off for private equity group Bain ...

Competition watchdog knocks back ANZ's $4.9 billion takeover of Suncorp Bank

Competition watchdog knocks back ANZ's $4.9 billion takeover of Suncorp Bank

Suncorp Group's (ASX: SUN) plans to offload its banking arm to ...

City Chic retreats from Europe, sells Evans for $15.5m

City Chic retreats from Europe, sells Evans for $15.5m

Plus-size fashion retailer City Chic (ASX: CCX) has announced the s...

Nature's Way owner picks up protein ball brand Bounce from administration

Nature's Way owner picks up protein ball brand Bounce from administration

A well-known Australian protein ball brand may well bounce bac...

The government ban that led to a $450m payday for Bondi Sands founders

The government ban that led to a $450m payday for Bondi Sands founders

A decision by the Victorian Government to introduce restrictions on...

Superloop makes $243m bid for founder-led cloud communications pioneer Symbio

Superloop makes $243m bid for founder-led cloud communications pioneer Symbio

Challenger telco and internet service provider Superloop (ASX: SLC)...