Today
Blackstone, CPPIB close to securing FIRB nod for $24b AirTrunk deal
Of note, the FIRB application is understood be the last remaining item on the buyers’ to-do list, with client and Asian approvals already squared off.
- 53 mins ago
V8 Supercars taps advisers for $200m-plus TV deal
Sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations said Supercars has already met with Nine Entertainment as well as incumbents Seven and Foxtel about a new deal.
- 55 mins ago
Game on at Selfwealth as rival bidder AxiCorp muscles up to Bells
Investor sources told this column that AxiCorp has lobbed multiple offers at the SelfWealth board over the past few months but received the cold shoulder.
3D printing outfit AML3D in $25m raise via Bells, Shaws
The $87 million market cap company kicked off the $25 million placement on Wednesday morning.
Pinnacle raising $400m to buy two offshore fund managers
Pinnacle has agreed terms to acquire stakes in New York-based private equity firm VSS Capital and London-based multi-affiliate Pacific Asset Management, sources said.
Yesterday
Cuscal allocates two thirds of $336.8m IPO: book message
Payments infrastructure business Cuscal is picking up pace as it eyes a $479 million float.
PEXA courts $1.2b financial software player Dye & Durham
Sources say the group already has a stranglehold on Australian land settlements and is now looking to push into the UK through this takeover bid.
Sayona Mining, Piedmont Lithium in $850m merger; Canaccord raises $150m
The two companies are expected to raise fresh equity as a part of the merger, which will create a $850 million lithium player.
Regal Investment Fund launches $95m raise, hires seven brokers
The raise comes as RF1 is on track to finish 2024 on a high note; it has returned 23.26 per cent year-to-date, and is tracking at 19.6 per cent annualised returns since inception.
Adamantem Capital lobs bid for Close the Loop; secures exclusivity
Sydney buyout firm Adamantem Capital has agreed exclusivity to acquire Close the loop, a packaging and recovery business capitalised at $109 million on the ASX.
QIC bets on Aussie climate tech companies, backs $200m VC
Queensland’s sovereign fund has joined Westpac and Clean Energy Finance Corporation in backing Virescent Venture’s second climate-focused fund.
This Month
Distressed debt fund wrangles with Deloitte to win $480m Keystone fund
Sources said Deloitte has failed to be wooed by Arbitrium’s bid so far, and is veering towards a liquidation which could be a lengthy and expensive process.
EQT targets $22.4bn for private capital Asia fund, launches roadshow
The firm has put a $22.4 billion ($US14.5 billion) hard cap on its BPEA Private Equity Fund IX fund raise.
Former UBS real estate operative pops up at rival bank
Street Talk understands the investment bank has drafted in ex-UBS veteran and head of real estate sales and execution Tim Leahy.
Craving copper? $502m miner Marimaca preps ASX listing
Sources said CEO Hayden Locke has been encouraged by TSX-listed $C7.5 billion Capstone Copper’s ASX listing earlier this year and sees it as a template for Marimaca.
VC-backed video start-up 90 Seconds fields interest, hires advisers
90 Seconds’ owners have hired Singapore-based boutique investment bank Sansa Advisors to field inbound inquiries and oversee the diligence process.
London’s Pantheon eyes Australians with new fund
If it can retain its track record of 16 per cent annual returns, the Pantheon fund would beat PE funds launched by KKR, Apollo and HarbourVest in Australia.
IFM Investors’ stake in Atlas Arteria creeps up to 30pc
The infrastructure investor paid $4.96 per share – or a skinny 2.3 per cent premium to the on-market trading price – in a block trade handled by Jarden’s equities desk.
Bus group Kinetic’s PE owners pull brakes on 100pc sale
Despite icing plans for a 100 per cent sale, sources say Kinetic is progressing talks with a handful of interested parties.
Book covered for Cuscal $479m IPO
Street Talk understands the book for the payments infrastructure business was covered at a fixed price of $2.50 a share on Friday morning.