Original article by Michael Bennet
The Australian – Page: 17-18 : 30-Jun-14

Australian companies have announced $US69.5 billion worth of mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2014. This is double the number of transactions during the same period of 2013. There are 20 deals worth over $A1 billion, compared with only two in the same period of the previous year. As well, equity capital market deals, such as floats, block trades and secondary capital raisings, have nearly doubled to $US15.3 billion

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