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Private equity real estate firm Wentworth Capital plays in last mile logistics, residential and life sciences.

JPMorgan exec ditches Wall Street for private equity

Josh Peel will join real estate investor Wentworth Capital as head of capital at the end of this month.

Yesterday

Shemara Wikramanayake at the Macquarie annual meeting on Thursday.

Macquarie investors deliver wake-up call with strike on executive pay

Investors deliver an embarrassing rebuke to the Millionaires Factory over bonuses amid regulatory woes and the surprise exit of its CFO.

The Sydney Desalination Plant has delivered 246 billion litres of drinking water since 2019.

Sale flyer for $2.5b Sydney Desal hits inboxes

Dealmakers, get a pot of coffee brewing. Barrenjoey has dropped news details for the sale of Sydney Desalination Plant.

Former Jetstar chief executive Bruce Buchanan founded Rokt in 2012.

Barrenjoey revalued Rokt holdings up 28pc citing earnings surge

The online shopping software provider was already valued at $5.3 billion when the firm, alongside Square Peg and Tiger Global, bought shares.

David Fair is making EY’s green dreams come trye, alongside four other partners.

Make way for EY’s energy transition team amid deal frenzy

In their final 12 months at PwC, the four dealmakers, who came to EY as partners, notched up several deals of note.

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Market research in 24 hours: Mysterious firm starts rating ASX companies

Out of the blue, the self-described “independent financial research house” is pumping out analysis on some of the ASX’s largest companies.

Following its listing on the ASX in late 2017, manufacturing specialist Titomic unveiled the world’s largest 3D metal printer at its fully automated factory in Mount Waverly.

Metal manufacturer Titomic taps brokers for $50m raise

The non-underwritten institutional placement was priced at 25¢ per share – a skinny 3.8 per cent discount to the last closing price.

This Month

Co-founders of Revolution Asset Management David Saija, Simon Petris and Bob Sahota.

Revolution launches roadshow for $300m private credit LIC

The firm kicked off a two-week early look roadshow for private credit trust on Monday.

Macquarie’s Shemara Wikramanayake is the highest paid executive in the company this year.

Macquarie risks first-ever strike amid disquiet over bumper pay days

Two influential advisory firms are urging their clients to reject salaries and bonuses, citing a failure to hold executives accountable for compliance issues.

Samuel Green has rejoined Goldman Sachs as a managing director.

Goldman Sachs adds MD to real estate ranks

Samuel Green will rejoin the Wall Street bank, based in Sydney, as a managing director after an eight-year interlude.

Paraway Pastoral’s vast portfolio of farms can support around 250,000 cows.

Macquarie puts its sprawling Paraway agricultural empire on the block

The business is spread over 4.4 million hectares, and is expected to be worth more than $2.5 billion, attracting interest from major institutional investors.

Taso Arima founded IperionX, a metals technology company focused on creating a sustainable, low-cost, low-carbon titanium supply chain.

Regal-backed titanium darling IperionX launches capital raising

The company had its broker, Petra Capital, out offering new shares at $5 a piece – a 5.7 per cent discount to the last close.

The massive Santos deal skews the data.

Australian deal-making has just had its best first half since 2021

Mergers and acquisitions deal value grew 97 per cent in the first half of 2025, hitting $US63 billion.

Macquarie Bank is grappling with AI.

Will equity analysts be replaced by AI? That’s a billion-dollar question

With disruption upon them, fund managers and investment banks, including Macquarie, are trying to get ahead of the trend.

Magellan Powertronics’ KARRI home energy storage system has 9.6 kilowatt-hour to 25 kilowatt-hour battery capacity.

Perth battery manufacturer hits the fundraising trail with PKF

Magellan Powertronics has launched a $15 million funding round to bankroll a larger and more automated manufacturing facility in Western Australia.

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Humm grew out of FlexiGroup, which was founded by Andrew Abercrombie.

Humm Group board drags its feet on due diligence

Andrew Abercrombie still doesn’t have data room access three weeks on from lobbing his $286 million bid.

Before and after shots of Laura Gregory's teeth.

Smiles out at Morgan Stanley as Dental Boutique hits the block

Street Talk understands Morgan Stanley and Gilbert + Tobin have been appointed to sell Dental Boutique, a chain of general and cosmetic dental clinics.

Chris Andrews, chief executive at La Trobe Financial, says the firm can more than double in the next five years.

Sellside mandates fly at Brookfield’s $3b La Trobe auction

Warburg Pincus bankering up is likely to put a rocket under rival bidders like CVC Capital Partners and Bain Capital.

HSBC

HSBC exits banks’ climate coalition abandoned by Wall Street

Once representing more than 40 per cent of global banking assets, the alliance has seen an exodus of members including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Macquarie.

Bootmaker to the Australian Defence Force goes for growth, hires bank

Family-owned Redback Boots has appointed Rothschild & Co to find it a capital partner with all options on the table.

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