The $139 billion UniSuper is throwing its firepower behind Vocus owners Macquarie Asset Management and Aware Super as they attempt to carve out TPG Telecom’s fibre assets in a circa $6 billion deal.
Street Talk can reveal the Melbourne-based superannuation fund has agreed terms to co-invest alongside Vocus in the TPG deal, which is expected to be finalised within weeks and is the first sale of its kind from an Australia telco.
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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
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