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Kiwi classifieds giant Trade Me in bankers’ pitch books

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Approaching your fifth-anniversary as the private equity owner of a decent-sized company? Expect bankers to start suggesting exit strategies, without being asked.

Trade Me’s homepage in 2006, around the time Fairfax bought it for $NZ700 million.  

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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. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com
Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column. Email Kanika at kanika.sood@afr.com.au
Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.rapaport@afr.com

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