Original article by Joyce Moullakis
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 25 : 26-Mar-15

Data from Dealogic shows that mergers and acquisitions activity involving Australian companies has topped $US32bn ($A40bn) so far in 2015. Major deals have included the acquisition of Toll Holdings by Japan Post and the proposed merger between Federation Centres and Novion Property Group. Geoff Joyce of Macquarie Capital is upbeat about the outlook for M&A activity, while Simon Ranson of JP Morgan notes that deal-making is being spurred on by reduced financing costs

CORPORATES
DEALOGIC (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, TOLL HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TOL, JAPAN POST, FEDERATION CENTRES – ASX FDC, NOVION PROPERTY GROUP – ASX NVN, MACQUARIE CAPITAL PTY LTD, IFM INVESTORS PTY LTD, INDIANA TOLL ROAD CONCESSION COMPANY, KKR AND COMPANY LP, KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS AND COMPANY, VARDE PARTNERS INCORPORATED, DEUTSCHE BANK AG, GE CAPITAL CORPORATION, PACIFIC EQUITY PARTNERS PTY LTD, BAIN CAPITAL LLC, BRADKEN LIMITED – ASX BKN, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD, MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING, INVESTA PROPERTY GROUP, MORGAN STANLEY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, GPT GROUP – ASX GPT, MOELIS AND COMPANY, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, ESANDA FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB