Pemba Capital-backed Rennie Advisory hits the acquisition trail

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Mar 31, 2025 – 6.34pm

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A year after landing Pemba Capital Partners as a major backer, Brisbane-headquartered consultancy Rennie Advisory has made it clear it hopes to deploy its war chest expanding into a national firm.

People briefed on Rennie’s deliberations described the pool of money it wanted to spend as in the “tens of millions” and the number of deals it wants to finalise before the year is done at two or more.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.

Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.