We are pleased to make available our look back at M&A in 2017 and a forecast of what’s to come in 2018, including sector outlooks with the contributions of esteemed clients, senior advisors, and friends.
Tick tock – Why private business owners with less than 4 year exit horizons should reassess timing now
There was plenty of market chatter prior to the budget speech this year. Investors and asset owners were nervous. We had a client pushing for a deal to be signed before Budget Day. We managed to get this done, just in time. Several others in the business ecosystem spent the Mother’s Day weekend scrambling to […]
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Sector dashboards May 2026
Our monthly sector dashboards are out! Our dashboards look at the valuation multiples across seven key sectors, each made up of a number of subsectors. The data takes into account the sale prices of similar companies based on; products, end markets, services, assets classes or other characteristics. The publications include all companies listed on the […]
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InterFinancial advises Commit Works on sale to Datamine
Commit Works is a Brisbane-based software company serving the mining and metals industry. Its CiteOps platform digitises shift-level planning, resource allocation, task coordination and production tracking, connecting the short-term plan to what actually happens on shift across underground coal, open cut, underground hardrock and smelter operations globally. Datamine is the world’s leading provider of technology […]
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Sector dashboards April 2026
Our monthly sector dashboards are out! Our dashboards look at the valuation multiples across seven key sectors, each made up of a number of subsectors. The data takes into account the sale prices of similar companies based on; products, end markets, services, assets classes or other characteristics. The publications include all companies listed on the […]
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From technical capability to economic inevitability: Why Clean Energy companies fail to scale?
Working with organisations attempting to commercialise clean energy technologies, I have observed a pattern persistent enough to warrant explicit articulation. Across hydrogen, electrification, storage, biogas, low-carbon fuels, and industrial heat, companies with credible technology, capable teams, and supportive boards still fail to compound enterprise value. Not because the technology disappoints, and not because the market […]
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Sector dashboards March 2026
Our monthly sector dashboards are out! Our dashboards look at the valuation multiples across seven key sectors, each made up of a number of subsectors. The data takes into account the sale prices of similar companies based on; products, end markets, services, assets classes or other characteristics. The publications include all companies listed on the […]
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Not every healthcare deal is a sale: rethinking what M&A can look like
When healthcare business owners come to us thinking about a transaction, the conversation almost always starts in the same place. What is the business worth, and what does a sale process look like? Those are the right questions. But they’re not always the only ones that matter. Embedded in both is an assumption; that the […]
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Sector dashboards February 2026
Our monthly sector dashboards are out! Our dashboards look at the valuation multiples across seven key sectors, each made up of a number of subsectors. The data takes into account the sale prices of similar companies based on; products, end markets, services, assets classes or other characteristics. The publications include all companies listed on the […]
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On the floor at EvokeAg 2026: Luke Harwood’s reflections on Australian Agtech
EvokeAg 2026 drew over 1,500 delegates from 18 countries to Melbourne in February, with the Federal Government committing another $450,000 to support the event over the next three years. The visible momentum is real, and the cohort of companies I spent two days meeting reflected it. Most were past proof-of-concept by a meaningful margin, with […]
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