As much as Bernard Reilly and the Perpetual board would like to pretend Swedish private equity giant EQT’s $2.5 billion takeover bid occurred in a vacuum, an M&A play like this has choreographers.The market quickly learned one of the bankers whispering in EQT’s ear was Barrenjoey’s Anthony Brasher. He’s head of the burrito bank’s financial services team and was recently named among the country’s top dealmakers.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles