February 2023
BGH Capital wins proxy advisers at Pushpay; substantial preps no vote
BGH Capital and Sixth Street’s $NZ1.34 bid for dual listed Church payments business Pushpay has won support from proxy advisers ahead of the March 3 scheme vote, but it should be a tough fight as the target’s second-largest shareholder declares intention to vote against the bid.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
October 2022
BGH ready to fly with ‘Pegasus’ in New Zealand
BGH Capital’s getting the plumbing in place for a new acquisition across the Tasman, sending fingers pointing straight away to Pushpay.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
BGH Capital resurrects Pushpay talks, revised bid lands
Pushpay Holdings’ proposed $1 billion-plus private equity buyout is back from the dead, thanks to a new offer from Australian investor BGH Capital.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
BGH Capital circles back to Pushpay
Private equity firm BGH Capital hasn’t given up on acquiring church giving and donations business Pushpay Holdings.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
May 2022
BGH snaffles 20pc Pushpay stake, readies proposal
Australian buyout firm BGH Capital has turned up at dual listed church payments group Pushpay, securing a pre-bid stake and working on a proposal.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
November 2021
- Exclusive
- Funding
Investors pile in as ex-strategy consultant banks $29m for start-up
Blackbird Ventures has led a $28.7m round in First AML, after using its software to make sure it doesn’t back companies that facilitate money laundering.
- Paul Smith
January 2021
Tech stocks to oscillate as smaller names play catch-up
This year is shaping up to be another big one for the local tech sector, but the prices of the biggest stocks are tipped to swing.
- Yolanda Redrup
December 2020
Pushpay founder, executive in $95m selldown
NZ stockbroker Craigs Investment Partners bought a 5 per cent stake in dual-listed payments group Pushpay and was seeking institutional buyers on Tuesday morning.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
October 2020
KKR caught red-handed at payments tearaway Pushpay
The red-hot listed church payments company has run away from many would-be investors this year, perhaps the biggest of them all being US buyout giant KKR & Co.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
July 2020
Pushpay major backer sells down, two brokers underwrite $120m block
JPMorgan and UBS' equities desk have finished a deathly quiet Monday with a chunky block trade.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
June 2020
- Analysis
- Sharemarket
Faith player Pushpay the answer to investor prayers
The best-performing enterprise software player of 2020 has been a huge beneficiary from the coronavirus disruption to US church congregations.
- Tom Richardson
Tech rally sorts the best from the rest
Tech's stunning rise, with the ASX tech index up 83 per cent since March and the Nasdaq up 48 per cent, has dumbfounded critics but some stocks have started to lag behind.
- Tom Richardson
ASX gains 1.6pc over week; tech stocks surge 6.7pc
The Australian sharemarket advanced 1.6 per cent over the week after the S&P/ASX200 Index added 0.1 per cent on Friday. Tech stocks were the big winners of the week as Afterpay, Appen and Xero pushed to fresh highs.
- Robert Guy, Sarah Turner, Luke Housego and Tom Richardson
ASX slides; Banks, miners retreat; Tech shines
The Australian sharemarket has snapped a two day winning streak and finished lower as iron ore miners and bank stocks fall. Tech darlings shine amid blue chip gloom as Afterpay, Pushpay and Appen advance to record highs.
- Robert Guy, Sarah Turner, William McInnes, Luke Housego and Tom Richardson
May 2020
- Opinion
- Shares
Stocks to watch as people go cashless
Many companies have achieved outstanding success for shareholders as they capitalised on the democratisation of the global payment gateway.
- Elio D'Amato
January 2020
The Australian equity managers who ruled the decade
Top-performing fundies tell us how they invest and the stocks they like.
- Vesna Poljak, Tom Richardson and Luke Housego
July 2019
Deutsche Craigs launches Pushpay director share sale
Kiwi broker Deutsche Craigs is seeking buyers for a 4.5 per cent stake in dual listed payments company Pushpay on Thursday.
- Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald