M&A Activity

Takeover activity around ASX-listed RAS Technology (ASX:RTH), with PA Media apparently the party behind the approach.

Leadership read: Consolidation shifts the leadership question from growth to integration. For RAS Technology in Betting & iGaming, the demand moves toward transformation and integration leaders who can merge teams, systems and cultures without losing momentum. Across Oceania, watch whether the integration is properly resourced; deals are won or lost the year after they close.

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AustralianSuper increased its investment in Perth Airport by acquiring two co-investors' stakes, bringing its holding to around 29.4%.

Leadership read: Consolidation shifts the leadership question from growth to integration. For AustralianSuper in the sector, the demand moves toward transformation and integration leaders who can merge teams, systems and cultures without losing momentum. Across Oceania, watch whether the integration is properly resourced; deals are won or lost the year after they close.

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TAL Daiichi Life Australia has launched a A$7.8 billion takeover bid for Challenger, an Australian listed life insurer and asset manager.

Leadership read: Consolidation shifts the leadership question from growth to integration. For TAL Daiichi Life Australia in the sector, the demand moves toward transformation and integration leaders who can merge teams, systems and cultures without losing momentum. Across Oceania, watch whether the integration is properly resourced; deals are won or lost the year after they close.

curated · 2026-10-19 · context →

Genetic Signatures (ASX:GSS) has a proposed scheme of arrangement to merge with Microba Life Sciences (ASX:MAP). A rival shareholder, BCAL Diagnostics (ASX:BDX), with a combined stake of about 23.3% alongside Capital Property Corporation, is seeking to remove two Genetic directors at an upcoming EGM and has been asked to declare its merger intentions.

Leadership read: Consolidation shifts the leadership question from growth to integration. For Genetic Signatures in the sector, the demand moves toward transformation and integration leaders who can merge teams, systems and cultures without losing momentum. Across Oceania, watch whether the integration is properly resourced; deals are won or lost the year after they close.

curated · 2026-10-19 · context →

SG Fleet Management has made a reported $1.1b takeover bid for ASX-listed FleetPartners (ASX:FPR), a fleet-leasing consolidation move.

Leadership read: Consolidation shifts the leadership question from growth to integration. For SG Fleet Management in the sector, the demand moves toward transformation and integration leaders who can merge teams, systems and cultures without losing momentum. Across Oceania, watch whether the integration is properly resourced; deals are won or lost the year after they close.

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New Hope Corporation is pursuing a roughly A$1.8b takeover of Malabar, an ASX-listed coal company, continuing a pattern of coal-sector consolidation.

Leadership read: Consolidation shifts the leadership question from growth to integration. For New Hope Corporation in the sector, the demand moves toward transformation and integration leaders who can merge teams, systems and cultures without losing momentum. Across Oceania, watch whether the integration is properly resourced; deals are won or lost the year after they close.

curated · 2026-10-19 · context →

EQT Infrastructure has assembled a $5.6 billion debt package to back its take-private buyout of Australian waste management company Cleanaway, with around 20 lenders committed.

Leadership read: Consolidation shifts the leadership question from growth to integration. For EQT Infrastructure in the sector, the demand moves toward transformation and integration leaders who can merge teams, systems and cultures without losing momentum. Across Oceania, watch whether the integration is properly resourced; deals are won or lost the year after they close.

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SG Fleet has made a $788M cash buyout offer for rival fleet management company FleetPartners (ASX:FPR).

Leadership read: Consolidation shifts the leadership question from growth to integration. For SG Fleet in the sector, the demand moves toward transformation and integration leaders who can merge teams, systems and cultures without losing momentum. Across Oceania, watch whether the integration is properly resourced; deals are won or lost the year after they close.

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New Hope Corp (ASX:NHC) agreed to acquire coal producer Malabar in a A$1.8 billion all-share deal, gaining full control of the Maxwell underground mine and creating a A$6.3 billion coal business.

Leadership read: Consolidation shifts the leadership question from growth to integration. For New Hope Corp in the sector, the demand moves toward transformation and integration leaders who can merge teams, systems and cultures without losing momentum. Across Oceania, watch whether the integration is properly resourced; deals are won or lost the year after they close.

curated · 2026-10-19 · context →

New Hope agreed a A$1.3 billion deal involving Malabar, per the headline; shares rose to near a one-month high on the news.

Leadership read: Consolidation shifts the leadership question from growth to integration. For New Hope in the sector, the demand moves toward transformation and integration leaders who can merge teams, systems and cultures without losing momentum. Across Oceania, watch whether the integration is properly resourced; deals are won or lost the year after they close.

curated · 2026-10-19 · context →

MacCap is marketing the Bungaban wind project, a roughly $5b Federation-backed development, to prospective buyers and seeking cash after environmental approvals were granted last month.

Leadership read: Consolidation shifts the leadership question from growth to integration. For MacCap in the sector, the demand moves toward transformation and integration leaders who can merge teams, systems and cultures without losing momentum. Across Oceania, watch whether the integration is properly resourced; deals are won or lost the year after they close.

curated · 2026-10-19 · context →

FFR is acquiring the robotics business of FFAI and is preparing an independent public listing on Nasdaq, with a listing ceremony on October 26 and an Investor Day in New York.

Leadership read: Consolidation shifts the leadership question from growth to integration. For FF EAI Robotics Ecosystem Inc. (FFR) in the sector, the demand moves toward transformation and integration leaders who can merge teams, systems and cultures without losing momentum. Across Americas, watch whether the integration is properly resourced; deals are won or lost the year after they close.

curated · 2026-10-19 · context →