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PEP dealmaker throws weight behind shareholder transparency start-up

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Apr 2, 2025 – 1.57pm

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A Sydney-based fintech is seeking to pull back the curtain on the identity of public company institutional shareholders and has secured the backing of seasoned dealmaker Pacific Equity Partners managing director Cameron Blanks.

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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.

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.