This Month
You don’t need a family office to buy shares in unicorns
For as little as $8000, investors can buy stock in unlisted tech superstars like Airwallex on a market that, at first glance, looks and feels a lot like a public market. Is Canva next?
Used car refurbisher and dealer Carma hopes to break the IPO drought
Should it proceed with an initial public offering, it would counter a trend of venture-backed companies delaying listings for years or even indefinitely.
InfoTrack owner ATI Global greenlights IPO
The owner of a stable of legal software is gearing up for an IPO in 2027.
Koala schedules non-deal roadshow for IPO; $100m raising tipped
Should Koala progress with the IPO, sources said it could raise about $100 million for a circa $500 million valuation.
Geoff Wilson’s new LIC crosses $100m in commitments
Wilson has been powering through a roadshow and has until April 11 to hit the $510 million target spelled out in the prospectus.
Brookfield-backed La Trobe selects advisers for strategic review
Morgan Stanley and UBS were appointed in recent days to canvass options for the firm, which has $20 billion in assets under management.
JPMorgan on track to take out first quarter’s ECM dealmaking crown
Some of the country’s most prominent bankers say there is plenty of activity in preparing floats, although volatile markets could push those plans back for now.
Fonterra’s Mainland IPO milks investor thirst for new ideas
The guts of the business is to take milk from Australia and New Zealand farms, turn it into cheese and butter, and sell it regionally. Is that tasty enough in volatile markets?
14 venture capitalists unpack the year ahead
More than a dozen of the country’s biggest tech investors say floats will return, there’s no AI bubble, and Donald Trump may be good news for local firms.
Geoff Wilson finds a loophole for broker fees
The investor knows that LICs can’t charge stamping fees. But there are other ways to incentivise the middlemen.
Don’t worry about Trump’s tariffs, IPOs are coming: Freehills
The law firm’s annual temperature check of equity capital markets says this year could top the $1.1 billion raised across big-ticket IPOs last year.
Dairy giant Fonterra’s consumer IPO could raise $1b to $2b: sources
Advisors to the New Zealand dairy giant are booking in meetings with investors from next week ahead of a planned IPO for the company, known as Mainland.
David Paradice, Ashok Jacob back electric truck hopeful’s ASX run
Janus Electric, run by former Citi banker Ian Campbell, is raising $10 million and heading for the local sharemarket through a backdoor listing.
Mattress-in-a-box retailer Koala explores $500m-plus ASX listing
The decade-old start-up that expanded into homewares has engaged Barrenjoey as it assesses its options four months after the return of co-founder Dany Milham.
Virgin Australia’s new CEO must navigate a narrow path to the ASX
Having locked in a bumper deal with Qatar Airways and landed on a successor to Jayne Hrdlicka, the airline has cleared the decks for another run at listing.
Virgin’s new boss flies in with strict instructions
Is “nothing silly” what Dave Emerson, the incoming boss of Australia’s No.2 airline, wants to hear? It doesn’t matter.
Wilson’s new $400m IPO pairs ASX 300 stocks with bank debt
ASX 300 companies will make up around 60 per cent to 70 per cent of the portfolio.
February
EV bus builder GoZero clinches $400m valuation; kicks off IPO campaign
Morgans and MA Moelis Australia have been appointed joint lead managers on the IPO and will be in the fast lane for a mid-2025 listing date.
Real Pet Food appoints Citi for $1 billion sale
RPFC is one of the largest pet food companies in Australia and the biggest producer of fresh chilled pet food in the world.
Hrdlicka says Virgin ‘ready’ for float after FIRB approves Qatar deal
But the Bain Capital-owned airline’s chief executive would not provide a timeline for her departure, putting a major roadblock in front of a run at the ASX.