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AIS Limited designs, manufactures and installs advanced materials that protect energy infrastructure on land and at sea.

Bids due for $400m Advanced Innergy float; IPO date set

Final bids into the offer, priced at $1 per share, are due by 3 pm on Friday.

June

Investors are hoping for a bump in the number of new listings on the ASX, after a quiet few years.

Tetratherix jumps on debut, capping strong week of ASX listings

The medical device manufacturer has developed a treatment for bone and tissue repair. Shares jumped 7 per cent when they hit the sharemarket on Monday morning.

6K Additives supplies metals like titanium, nickel, aluminum and tungsten to defence players.

US materials play 6K Additive eyes ASX float; launches raising

The metal and alloy powders manufacturer is seeking to raise around $15 million from investors at a $150 million pre-money valuation.

The Fin podcast. Anthony Macdonald and Ayesha de Kretser.

Is this as good as it gets for Virgin?

This week on The Fin podcast, Ayesha de Kretser and Anthony Macdonald on Virgin’s return to the market and whether Australia can ever sustain more than two airlines.

Former ASX listings group executive Max Cunningham runs the NSX.

Could NSX be Australia’s answer to London’s AIM? Macquarie thinks so

The broker expects the minnow exchange to focus on the smaller end of the market, especially the life sciences and early-stage technology sectors.

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Virgin chief executive Dave Emerson rings the bell at the ASX on Tuesday.

Inside Virgin’s big day, in the shadow of war and trepidatious markets

Would the long-awaited listing take off? Without a hitch, it seems. And there were plenty there to see it, with more bells and whistles than most IPOs.

Virgin CEO Dave Emerson rings the bell on Tuesday.

IPO market cracks open as Virgin, Greatland shares soar on debut

Fund managers rushed into the airline’s stock in a major win for Bain Capital, which has worked on turning around the business for five years.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest will both step down as co-chairs of Minderoo Foundaition.

Forrests strike gold in Greatland as miner soars on ASX debut

A gold producer backed by billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest has struck paydirt on its first day as a publicly listed company.

Virgin chief executive Dave Emerson got his pitch to the market just right.

Virgin’s well-crafted IPO delivered. Now it must keep its big promise

The airline has provided the perfect model for other listing hopefuls to follow. For chief executive Dave Emerson, the challenge now is to stick to his knitting.

Qatar Airways is flying Virgin Australia flights between Australia and Doha, Two were diverted after a missile strike in the Middle East overnight.

Virgin flights diverted to India, Oman as airline heads for ASX

The airline’s services to Doha were rerouted after Iran struck US military bases in Qatar, closing airspace over the Gulf country and delaying flights.

John Borghetti, Paul Scurrah, Jayne Hrdlicka, Brett Godfrey and Dave Emerson have all run Virgin Australia over its two-decade life.

Virgin prepares for IPO take-off in a test for Bain – and the market

Five years after collapsing into administration, the country’s second-largest airline will finally return to the ASX on Tuesday. There is a lot at stake.

Virgin Australia is due to list.

JPMorgan’s early verdict on Virgin’s Tuesday IPO? Should ‘trade well’

As of Monday evening, Virgin had hedged 98 per cent of its oil book for the period ending December and 86 per cent of it for the period ending June 30 next year.

Mike Murphy, Bain Capital’s boss in Australia, has got Virgin back to the ASX.

Virgin’s future is now in the hands of the markets gods

The problem with listing ceremonies is they look backwards, but investors look forward. The airline did what it must to relist, but now it’s over to the ASX.

Firmus Technologies founders Jonathan Levee, Tim Rosenfield and Oliver Curtis in Singapore.

AI dark horse Firmus in $280m pre-IPO raise; eyes 2026 ASX listing

The raising is being run by Morgans Financial, which has all but covered the deal from a mix of institutional, high-net-worth and strategic investors.

Bain Capital’s Mike Murphy. The private equity firm has done well out of Virgin Australia.

Virgin float has Bain in line for $15.9m advisory golden parachute

It will be a nervous wait for the private equity giant’s dealmakers as years of planning come to a head this week with the airline’s return to the ASX.

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AIS’ products protect offshore wind farm subsea power cables from over-bending, abrasion and impact.

Global protection products manufacturer taps brokers for $500m IPO

United Kingdom-headquartered AIS is seeking institutional investor support for its initial public offering, signing on with Henslow and Morgans.

The photographer, the mother-in-law and Ellison’s lithium windfall

The Kali Metals IPO was a stroke of good fortune for the MinRes managing director and many of his friends and family. Now the regulator is taking a closer look.

Campana builds and owns network communication infrastructure, including its flagship SIGMAR subsea cable that stretches more than 2000 kilometres, connecting Singapore and Myanmar

ASX listing candidate Campana puts itself back on the agenda

While it is still early days, listing adviser CLSA Australia did a check-in with potential backers last month.

Canva’s Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht. have long pushed back against the idea of an IPO.

Canva’s IPO has been discussed for 10 years. What if it never happens?

The event will be a seismic moment for Australia’s tech and venture capital sectors. But the depths of private markets mean it’s been able to dodge public ones.

Canva prepares secondary share sale after last year’s $US1.6b bonanza

It could be Canva’s last private round; the company is widely expected to test an IPO in the US in 2026, although its founding trio have not committed to a date.

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