This Month
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
New Hope makes it two convertibles in two days
It’s good to see the miners creative with their funding structures.
- Anthony Macdonald
Federation Asset Management gains Japanese foothold
The investment in Astris Advisory comes directly from Federation’s coffers and represents a big bet on the $US4.2 trillion economy and its asset management sector.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Deutsche Bank backs $210m Bendigo Hospital public-private refinance
Street Talk understands the German bank has come in as the project’s long-term lender, refinancing an existing bank syndicate.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
West African Resources in $120m cash call; Euroz Hartleys on ticket
The 87.6 million new shares were offered to investors at $1.37 apiece.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Liverpool Partners hires Macquarie Capital for Seisma sale
Diligence materials on Seisma, which makes close to $25 million in earnings, are in front of a small group of offshore strategics and local sponsors.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
ASX aspirant Sable Rubber rules off pre-IPO raise
A data room is open with Sable targeting client technology investment funds for a future capital raise.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
June
Deutsche Bank trades its Adgemis debt; kicks off Gemi talks
Street Talk understands major lender Deutsche Bank has traded positions in five assets to US private credit group Muzinich in recent weeks.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Alffie, Open Colleges seek new owner; Blackpeak on sell-side
The two businesses are 80 per cent owned by Peter Murphy’s Melbourne family office, Pan Group.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Marketboomer secures capital injection from Salter Brothers
Salter Brothers’ equities team originated and structured the transaction, while the Tech Fund led the investment.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Project Emerald: Fujitsu taps Sayers to auction data centres
The centres, located in and around big capital cities, have a total capacity of 24.7 megawatts.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
China Cinda sells down at Yancoal, again
This is the second time this year the firm has sold down its stake, bringing its stake under 10 per cent.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Stirling Property in talks to buy HomeCo’s McGraths shopping centre
Street Talk understands the trust has been in discussions to offload its McGraths Hills centre in Sydney’s North West to Stirling Property Funds.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Lululemon returns for bigger bet on recycled leggings start-up
The company behind plastic-eating enzymes that enable athleisure to be endlessly recycled aims to have a large-scale manufacturing plant in Asia by late 2026.
- Simon Evans
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The three rules of investment banking
This is perhaps the simplest and best explanation of investment banking we’ve heard in the past decade.
- Anthony Macdonald
City Tattersalls Club to sell Pitt St property after BlackRock walks
Should the deal complete as expected, City Tatts will lose ownership of the sprawling property, its crown jewel built via multiple acquisitions, after a century.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Valory launches pre-IPO raise; Crocodile Capital in
Street Talk understands the miner was in the market on Wednesday, seeking to raise up to $20 million via a convertible note.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Uranium play Bannerman Energy launches $76m raise; hires three brokers
JP Morgan, Jett Capital Advisors and Euroz Hartleys were mandated for the raise.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
PsiQuantum backer Playground Global back in town looking for cash
The Palo Alto-headquartered, Australian co-founded, investor has already secured government backing for its quantum bet. Now it is fundraising for a new fund.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Property payment fintech Coposit taps Ad Astra for a $10m fundraise
The platform allows buyers to pick up an off-the-plan property for $10,000, saving for the remainder of the deposit during the construction in instalments.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
1pc of your super for venture capital? Add it to the list
Everyone wants a piece of the $3.9 trillion super system and now we can add venture capital. The problem is, it is not the government’s money to redirect.
- Anthony Macdonald