Ansarada wrapped 2025: Your year in deals, infrastructure and industry-defining insights

From M&A boardrooms in Sydney to major infrastructure procurement corridors in the Middle East, from capital raising in Frankfurt to transport mega-projects across the globe, Ansarada brought you the intelligence that matters. This year, we surpassed major lifetime milestones — more than 55,994 transactions run on the platform and almost a million users who trusted Ansarada to deliver certainty.

Here's your personalised rewind of the top 20 pieces that defined the year voted by our Customers.

2026 M&A predictions that clicked

Your most-read forecast of the year: 2026 Global M&A Predictions Report dropped in November, delivering expert forecasts on deal volumes, valuations, and the forces set to reshape M&A in the year ahead. From geopolitical shifts to emerging sectors, this was your essential roadmap for strategic planning.

Regional deep dives that caught your attention

• UK&I M&A Outlook – Your January kick-off analysed post-Brexit opportunities, regulatory changes, and sector hotspots across the British and Irish markets.
• Germany M&A Outlook – Essential reading for anyone eyeing deals in Europe's largest economy, covering everything from automotive transitions to tech sector opportunities.
• Europe M&A Outlook – February's continental perspective brought together cross-border trends, regulatory harmonisation, and the deals driving European growth.

You loved the deep sector intelligence

• Global Real Estate M&A Outlook – January's property market intelligence tracked everything from office conversions to logistics hubs and residential mega-deals.
• Global Finance and Banking M&A Outlook – May's essential guide unpacked fintech consolidation, regulatory pressures, and cross-border banking deals.
• Global Healthcare M&A Market Analysis – October's pulse check on health sector deals, from hospital groups to med-tech acquisitions and pharmaceutical partnerships.

Market movements that mattered the most to you

• Middle East M&A Market Analysis – August insights from one of the world's hottest markets, covering sovereign wealth fund activity, diversification plays, and the region's ambitious vision projects.
• Southeast Asia M&A Market Analysis – In November, the ASEAN opportunity was decoded, exploring digital economy deals, infrastructure investments, and cross-border consolidation.
• ANZ Deal Indicators Report – Your market snapshot tracked deal volumes, sector shifts, and the trends shaping Australian and New Zealand M&A with real-time data from the Ansarada Platform.

Female voices that inspired you

• Leigh Golombick: Morgan Shaw Advisory – A dealmaker's journey through decades of transactions, sharing hard-won wisdom on deal execution, client relationships, and women in dealmaking.
• ANZ Women In Dealmaking Report – In March, you celebrated the leaders transforming M&A, this customer-led report explored representation, leadership styles, and the unique perspectives women bring to dealmaking.
• Logan Hufkie : PSG Capital – A dealmaker who emphasises the importance of family and relationships in corporate finance.

New ideas that sparked change

• 25 Iconic African Dealmakers – In February, the pioneers shaping Africa's deal landscape, from infrastructure visionaries to private equity trailblazers driving economic transformation across the continent were honoured.
• Building Sydney: A family affair – In January, the story behind the structures that shape Sydney, Australia, following a construction dynasty through two generations of iconic projects and the procurement processes that made them possible.

Infrastructure procurement outlook and trends

Governments and infrastructure advisories have been navigating global challenges in supply chains, capital allocation, and sustainability. These dedicated reports provided essential intelligence on managing complex tenders, driving value, and delivering the next generation of public assets.

• Global Transport Infrastructure Procurement Outlook – In April, your roadmap to transport procurement explored PPPs, decarbonisation investments, and the mega-projects reshaping how we move. Essential reading for anyone managing transport tenders and infrastructure bids.
• Global Social Infrastructure Procurement Outlook – June took a deep dive into community-building procurement covering healthcare facilities, education assets, and the infrastructure of tomorrow's society. The go-to guide for complex public sector tenders.

Your toolkit for success

• Whitepaper: Quality projects start with quality bids – Expert insights on attracting the right bidders were shared in January, structuring competitive tender processes, and ensuring your infrastructure procurement drives value, not just cost savings.
• Whitepaper: Mitigate contract risk and disputes – Your project lifecycle protection guide covering risk allocation, dispute resolution mechanisms, and the contract clauses that save major infrastructure projects (and relationships, and money).
• The board meeting checklist for high growth companies – Your year-end December gift for governance excellence, helping scaling businesses run effective board meetings that drive strategic decisions, not just tick compliance boxes.

That’s a wrap!

Twenty insights. Twelve months. Countless deals closed and projects delivered. From global M&A predictions to infrastructure procurement deep dives, from customer stories to practical whitepapers, 2025 was the year Ansarada kept you ahead of the curve.

Whether you were closing deals in Dubai, managing complex infrastructure tenders in Sydney, raising capital in San Mateo, or planning your 2026 strategy, we were there with the intelligence you needed.

Next year, expect a wave of new AI capabilities across the platform, all designed to make your work faster, more efficient, and effortlessly simple.Here's to another year of dealmaking and infrastructure excellence in 2026.