M&A Performance in Australia

How do you maximise value from mergers and acquisitions? Conclusions we have drawn from reviewing 387 Australian transactions completed in the last 3 years are supplemented by our learnings from strategy, M&A and integration client projects. Following our January 2020 report on Australian M&A performance, we reviewed the one-year performance post-deal for 178 acquisitions completed […]

M&A Performance in Australia

Why is there consistent underperformance post-acquisition? Following our June 2019 report on the performance of M&A in Australia, we have reviewed 149 acquisitions throughout Australia that were completed during CY2018. We review transaction performance a year post-deal. We found that 72% of acquirers underperformed the benchmark, (ASX300), one year from the closing date of their […]

Economic Performance and Value Creation Analysis

Performance analysis of a sample of listed companies in construction, engineering, mining services and oil & gas services can be access through the links below

Recent M&A success – Exploring the impact of strategic rationale, relative size and frequency of deals

Following our March report on the performance of M&A in Western Australia, we have reviewed 93 acquisitions throughout Australia that were completed during FY2018.  We found that 58% of acquirers underperformed the benchmark, the ASX300, one year from the closing date of their respective acquisition, which is consistent with the findings reported in our previous study.   […]