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Matthew Grounds

June

Paul Compton.

How this Australian banker thrived on Wall Street for 30 years

Queenslander Paul Compton, who started a job at Jamie Dimon’s JP Morgan in 2007, knows that the industry can be a rough ride.

  • Matthew Cranston
Guzman y Gomez co-CEO Steven Marks.

Guzman y Gomez burrito bros incentivised for delusion

The Mexican restaurant chain has plenty of reasons to keep the good times rolling.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Abu Dhabi has ambitions to be a global trading hub.

Barrenjoey picks Abu Dhabi for offshore fixed-income trading unit

The local advisory group has become the first investment bank to set up a bond sales and trading operation in the city, choosing it over London or New York.

  • Jonathan Shapiro

October 2023

AFL CEO Gil McLachlan with Collingwood CEO Craig Kelly.

Embattled Richard Goyder farewells Gil McLachlan. Again

You know you’ve drawn a power crowd when not only doesn’t the prime minister get to speak, but his presence rates only a passing mention.

  • Joe Aston and Myriam Robin

July 2023

Barrenjoey Partners moved into its new offices at 50 Bridge Street in Sydney where it occupies three floors.

Barrenjoey settles into ‘Vertical Village’

New divisions have come with heavy start-up costs for the investment bank, which has morphed into a full-service institution.

  • Aaron Weinman
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February 2023

Jayne Hrdlicka-run Virgin is on the IPO runway,

Goldman, UBS, Barrenjoey in box seat to pilot Virgin Australia IPO

Three investment banks have emerged as lead contenders to manage Virgin Australia’s IPO.

  • Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood

November 2022

How start-up Barrenjoey became banking’s top dog in two years

Hear the audacious story behind Barrenjoey, the first home-grown investment bank since Macquarie, why its attracted controversy and what might happen as deals stall and rates rise.

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August 2022

Guy Fowler, Matthew Grounds, and Chris Cuffe of Sohn Hearts & Minds.

Sohn Hearts & Minds looks beyond tech ahead of Hobart event

The Sohn Hearts & Minds investment show is rolling into Tasmania with a pledge to avoid tech-heavy stock pitches.

  • Jonathan Shapiro
Barrenjoey chief executive Brian Benari, executive chairman Guy Fowler and non-executive director John Cincotta.

Barrenjoey’s bunga bunga party

Everyone can’t help getting into bed with one another.

  • Michael Roddan

May 2022

Share prices on an ASX screen.

Hearts & Minds to vet conference stock picks after tough year

The investment vehicle linked to Sohn Hearts and Minds has been hurt by owning too many mid-cap tech stocks during the global rout.

  • Jemima Whyte

March 2022

Hey good-looking: Barrenjoey executive chairman Matthew Grounds, at a table with three women, during his appearance on HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm.

When Matthew Grounds met Larry David

Australia’s “rock star” banker made his small-screen debut in season 10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

  • Joe Aston

February 2022

Barrenjoey Capital’s Brian Benari says it is “business as usual” at the investment bank.

‘They’re on fire’: Magellan commits to Barrenjoey

The turmoil at Magellan, Barrenjoey’s major backer, won’t impact the aggressive investment bank’s ambitions, its chief executive says.

  • Jemima Whyte
Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes.

Magellan never stopped loving Chris Mackay

Why would Magellan think it was necessary to organise a chorus of cringeworthy accolades for Chris Mackay?

  • Joe Aston

October 2021

Berkshire Hathaway duo Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.

Charlie Munger’s magic is in what he doesn’t do

The investment icon is as active as ever in markets, but he places one quality above all else: patience. 

  • James Thomson
Charlie Munger is a major coup for the Sohn Hearts & Minds team.

Charlie Munger to headline Sohn Hearts & Minds 2021

The Sohn Hearts & Minds team have pulled off a coup, convincing 97-year-old investing legend Charlie Munger to beam into this year’s event.

  • Jonathan Shapiro and James Thomson
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September 2021

Former AMP and David Jones chairman Peter Mason is now in the spotlight at AusNet.

AusNet takeover another Peter Mason special

Why would AusNet announce an offer from one bidder without disclosing it had been negotiating with two?

  • Joe Aston
Magellan’s executive chairman Hamish Douglass is keeping his investment banking in-house.

Investment banks turn on Barrenjoey-owner Magellan

If one were in the mood to exact a little revenge on the upstart investment bank, Magellan’s stock recommendation would be the place to do it. 

  • Myriam Robin

July 2021

Sydney Airport chairman David Gonski might be able to squeeze out a few more cents from the IFM Investor-led consortium.

Sydney Airport board hit with smash-and-grab offer

The Sydney Airport takeover was so well planned and so well priced that it has neutralised the impact of the country’s two best M&A brains – David Gonski and Matthew Grounds.

  • Tony Boyd

January 2021

Barrenjoey has hired Dyson Bowditch, left, and Jabe Jerram.

Barrenjoey Capital raids JPMorgan for equity capital markets bosses

Start-up investment bank Barrenjoey Capital has poached two of JPMorgan’s top Australian investment bankers to run its equity capital markets unit.

  • Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd

October 2020

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Barrenjoey barred from BHP work

BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie's work with Barrenjoey will not include other miners and the new investment bank will be barred from working with BHP.

  • Peter Ker

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