Former Fintelligence CEO Chris Slater takes on Australia’s promising M&A market

In the meantime, whereas Australia’s reliance on mortgage brokers continues to develop, many market gamers are anticipating elevated M&A deal exercise in 2025’s again half. Globally, M&A exercise has been on a downward spiral since early 2022, having fallen 26% between 2022 and 2023, in response to S&P World. Dealmaking made solely a modest restoration in 2024, up 8% globally. But, Australia appears to be bucking the pattern. Whole deal quantity rose 30% in 2024, in contrast with 2023, in response to MergerMarket knowledge.