Equion Capital announces its latest Managing Director appointment, Benjamin Yeo. Ben brings over fifteen years of Corporate Finance and Equity Capital Markets Experience. Ben’s appointment puts Equion Capital in a great position to continue innovating and growing, with particular focus on driving its private equity buyside mandate and public company coverage.

Equion has launched a new brand, a new website, and a new approach to specialist corporate advisory services.

We remain specialists in what we do, and continue to offer educated, technical, and disciplined advice. But, importantly, we’re straightforward.

Family offices and corporations are exploring M&A opportunities, focusing on asset sales due to economic volatility. Buyers prefer direct negotiations and underwritten agreements, while new regulations may complicate future deals.

Focusing on future prospects, family offices and corporations are exploring opportunities within emerging sectors including renewable energy, healthcare, and technology, with succession related transactions and M&A activity gaining prominence.

Global technology sector M&A activity experienced unprecedented levels of activity in 2021 and the first half of 2022, followed by market uncertainty creeping in during Q3 and Q4 of 2022. However, interest in the Australian technology sector by foreign buyers and private equity (with record levels of capital to deploy) will continue to drive activity throughout 2023.