Original article by Joyce Moullakis
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 18 : 4-Jan-16

Dealogic notes that some $US129.8bn ($A177.7bn) worth of mergers and acquisitions were announced in Australia during 2015. However, the value of completed deals fell from $US101.2bn to $US97.4bn. Tim Joyce of Macquarie Capital expects M&A activity to increase in 2016, while Aidan Allen of Citigroup anticipates that the retail sector will be among those to be targeted in 2016. He also expects more takeover activity among private equity firms.

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