
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
South African listed GCF Analysis
Share issues
Share repurchases
Restructurings
Unbundlings
Open market transactions
Off market transactions
SA exchange listings
Quarter 1 looks at the January - March quarter for a five year period
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
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
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
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
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.
Editorial submission deadlines for 2022 issues:
Q1 2022 13 April 2022
Q2 2022 13 July 2022
Q3 2022 12 October 2022
2022 Annual 11 January 2023
DealMakers AFRICA
From Q1 2020, DealMakers AFRICA will be published as a stand alone publication.
Prior to this, Q1-3 was published as a run-of-book in DealMakers. The Annual issue was printed as a standalone magazine.
For information on DealMakers AFRICA, please visit our website at www.dealmakersafrica.com
Catalyst
Catalyst, the Private Equity magazine is published as a run-of-book in DealMakers.
For more information on Catalyst, click here