Buoyant M&A volumes on the 2016 cards
Buoyant M&A; activity is forecast for 2016 but investment bankers are stopping short of predicting the frenetic deal volumes recorded before the global financial crisis.
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Investors call the bottom for resources stocks
Value investors have taken greater interest in mining, convinced that going long materials is one of the best risk-reward trades.
Float frenzy makes 2015 a bumper year for bankers
Equity capital markets bankers may well look back on 2015 as the final twelve months of a three-year boom in initial public offerings.
Could these be the dream deals of 2016?
They are the sort of deals that make bankers and lawyers bristle with excitement – once-in-a-lifetime mergers and takeovers.
Smart stock selection needed in a tough 2016
Investors got a shock in 2015. For the first time in three years their simple strategy of holding those dividend paying blue chips didn't pay off.
Building boom to roll on in 2016: Brickworks
For the first time in a decade, Brickworks boss Lindsay Partridge has kept all of his factories running over the Christmas period.
The decisions that will decide Woolies' next five years
Woolworths chairman Gordon Cairns is no doubt turning his mind to what looms as one of the biggest years in the retailer's history.
Babies, aging and unicorns: the IPO market in 2016
What are the prospects for companies looking to list in 2016?
Forget the index, 2016 will be a stock picker's market
Australian Unity chief investment officer David Bryant estimates only 35 per cent of the top 200 stocks will generate a return in 2016.
Origin lures bidders with 'rare' Perth Basin gas assets
Bidders for Origin's $300m WA gas interests have been told undeveloped Waitsia field is largest onshore conventional gas find for 30 years.
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