Cue the rush to Christmas! It'll be a frantic week for dealmakers.
Alarcon, Liberty Financial and Fantastic Furniture will seek to price and secure their IPOs in the next few days, while there are a bunch of M&A auctions also coming to a head.
Billionaire hotelier Justin Hemmes is in front of the country's big banks asking for as much as $500 million to help refinance and grow his pubs and restaurants group, Merivale.
Macquarie Capital will invest as much as $260 million in Australian data registries conglomerate illion, which is owned by Sydney-based private equity firm Archer Capital.