Corporate finance

Local players in the corporate finance market faced more competition than ever before from big national and international firms, WA Business News' 2011 survey has found.

THREE corporate advisory firms, each with a very different profile, stood out as market leaders in the mergers and acquisitions sector last year.

MAYBE it's human nature when times are uncertain, but when corporate finance players in Perth were asked to comment on market trends over the past year, most had a glass half-empty perspective.