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All dolled up! Crescent hangs up for-sale sign at Nude by Nature

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Jun 1, 2023 – 9.35pm

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It’s time to take the makeup off at Sydney private equity firm Crescent Capital Partners.

Street Talk can reveal Crescent has mandated Ankura Consulting Australia to find a buyer for its beauty and makeup business, Nude by Nature, after nearly a decade of ownership.

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.