The Mergermarket M&A Forum Australia successfully took place in Sydney and online on 9 October 2025. The event brought together over 470 private market professionals including 100+ corporate Investors from 18 countries.
The conference, which focused on the current investment landscape amidst ongoing geopolitical, economic, and regulatory challenges featured a keynote speech from Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair at Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and a keynote interview with Simon Warner, Head of Portfolio Management at Aware Super and Deborah Johns, Partner at Gilbert+ Tobin.
The forum also featured leading executives from KKR, Origin Energy, Macquarie Asset Management, Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, Ares Management, TPG Asia, UBS and Affinity Equity Partners speaking on a number of well-researched topics including the shift in opportunities and the types of deal taking place, the countries/regions most active in terms of inbound and outbound M&A, the innovative financing structures shaping the current market, how activist investors have evolved to run campaigns in the boardroom and the media, the segments of the tech sector that have seen the most activity in the last 12 months, the size and scope of the AI investment opportunity today and in the future, the best practices for executing take-private deals in today’s environment and the sectors private equity funds are backing to outperform amidst regulation and trade wars.
The Mergermarket M&A Forum Australia returns to Sydney in October 2026.
