DealMakers - South Africa's corporate finance journal
Published quarterly, each issue of DealMakers includes analysis of the Merger & Acquisition (M&A) and General Corporate Finance (GCF) activity for the period; the rankings; the deal and transactions tables; industry commentary as well as DealMakers AFRICA and Catalyst.
Publishing Schedule
Quarter 1 May
Quarter 2 August
Quarter 3 November
Annual February
Company Submissions
Quarter 1 1st week of April
Quarter 2 1st week of July
Quarter 3 1st week of October
Annual 1st week of January
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Content
M&A and GCF Analysis provides a summary of the deals and transactions
South African M&A Analysis
Listed local and foreign
Listed local and foreign - excl failed deals
BEE activity listed and unlisted
PE activity listed and unlisted
Biggest deals by value for the quarter
Biggest BEE deals by value for the quarter
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South African listed GCF Analysis
Share issues
Share repurchases
Restructurings
Unbundlings
Open market transactions
Off market transactions
SA exchange listings
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Quarter 1 looks at the January - March quarter for a five year period
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Quarter 2 provides an overview of current year three months April - June and the year-to-date January to June for the preceding three years
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Quarter 3 provides an overview of the current year three months July - September and the year-to-date January to September for the preceding three years
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The annual issue provides a full year summary over a five year period
Rankings
Each quarter includes the following ranking tables :
Listed M&A
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Year-to-date rankings are provided
Listed GCF
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Year-to-date rankings are provided
Unlisted deals (Legal Advisers only)
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Year-to-date rankings are provided
The following advisory teams are recorded and ranked:
Financial | Investment advisers
Sponsors
Legal Advisers
Transactional Support Services
The deal and transaction tables
DealMakers tracks and records the M&A and GCF activity of both listed and unlisted SA companies on a daily basis.
As much detail as possible is provided for each deal and transaction.
For a deal to qualify for the listed M&A or GCF tables, it has to involve at least one listed company or be a subsidiary (over 51% interest) of a listed company.
Data included for M&A deals
Nature of the deal
Parties
Asset | target
Sector classification of the parties and asset | target
Advisory firms
Value of the deal
Announcement date
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Data included for GCF transactions
Nature of the transaction
Listed company
Sector classification
details of the transaction such as:
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number of shares
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price per share
Advisory firms
Value of the transaction
Announcement date
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Industry commentary: DealMakers Thorts
Articles from the industry are very welcome.
There is no charge to submit editorial to DealMakers, however the following requirements do apply :
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no press releases
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article has to be editorial and not advertorial
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the article has to be written specifically for DealMakers and cannot be released in any other medium until after it has been published by DealMakers
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Content has to be relevant to the industry and can include, but is not limited to, topics such as current trends, legislative changes, deal or transaction analysis for a specific deal.
DealMakers AFRICA
From Q1 2020, DealMakers AFRICA will be published as a stand alone publication.
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Prior to this, Q1-3 was published as a run-of-book in DealMakers. The Annual issue was printed as a standalone magazine.
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For information on DealMakers AFRICA, please visit our website at www.dealmakersafrica.com
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Catalyst
Catalyst, the Private Equity magazine is published as a run-of-book in DealMakers.
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For more information on Catalyst, click here
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