Good evening,

M&A Monday is back.

Every couple of months, you get a Monday morning where it’s impossible to keep up with all the M&A news.

On this Monday, BGH Capital bid $1.3 billion for Hansen Technologies, Altium rejected a $5 billion bid, Superloop was lining up funding for its Exetel acquisition and Banpu had signed a deal to acquire New Energy Solar’s Australian wind farms.

The four-headed attack is indicative of the activity in the market. Seasoned bankers reckon it’s the busiest they’ve ever been – even more so than the pre-GFC glory days for dealmaking.

As always, though, it’s about what’s coming next. In Street Talk, we reveal which investment banks are tending to services giant Ventia and what TPG Capital is doing calling in the bankers at Greencross.

Last but not least, we report on Orica’s plans to sell Minova.

Happy reading,

Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
Street Talk Editors