Suncorp-RACQ deal mooted
Speculation is mounting that a tie-up between Suncorp’s bank and the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland may be on the cards.
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Jefferies’ hiring spree continues
Jefferies’ hiring spree is still going, with a former JPMorgan director the latest to join its team.
Openpay ramps up IPO plans
It is understood that the company will have a market value of $150m and look to raise $50m.
Icon looks to fund Asia growth
Icon Group has embarked on an $810m debt raising to fund its expansion into Asia.
Dalrymple tests appetite for coal
It is unclear what buyers will line up for the $2bn-plus Dalrymple Bay Coal terminal in Queensland.
Report looms on Cromwell clash
Proxy house ISS will offer Cromwell shareholders an insight into support for Gary Weiss’s contested election to the board.
Saracen brings in big guns
Saracen is understood to have hired Goldman Sachs and the Royal Bank of Canada in a bid to buy the Super Pit gold mine.
All eyes on price of Owens-Illinois
The Australian and New Zealand business of bottling giant Owens-Illinois is expected to be bought for a bullish price.
Panoramic hires Azure Capital
Panoramic Resources is gearing up for a fierce battle to stave off a $312m takeover offer from Independence Group.
Roth joins Deutsche exodus
High-profile investment banker James Roth is departing Deutsche Bank after almost a decade with the firm.
Panoramic Resources goes defensive
Panoramic Resources is understood to have hired Azure Capital as defence adviser following a $312m takeover bid.
Suitors circle Spotless laundries
Downer’s laundries business, inherited through its takeover of Spotless, has attracted a number of private equity suitors.
Discontent spurs KKR’s QMS play
Discontent among independent operators in the billboard industry is understood to have spurred KKR to mull a takeover of QMS.
Apollo eyes a Thiess takeaway
Apollo Global Management is believed to be in talks with CIMIC about a potential acquisition of its subsidiary Thiess.
Inpex floats sale of WA assets
Japanese oil company Inpex Corporation is believed to be selling its West Australian assets in a deal that could fetch up to $200m.
Final offers loom for the Super Pit
The sales process for the Super Pit gold mine in Western Australia is gathering steam, with final offers due on November 15.
NRMA on track for rail bid
An Asian party is tipped as the most likely buyer of Journey Beyond next year, but NRMA is expected to be close to the action.
NRW looks to raising
NRW is expected to work on an equity raising should it proceed with a deal to buy BGC Contracting.
Charter Hall to raise $242m
UBS and JPMorgan have been drafted to raise $242m for Charter Hall Long WALE REIT to buy real estate assets.
Balance sheets key in raisings
Big US-based banks are expected to be well placed to win further equity raisings by top Australian banks.
Qataris buy wind farm stake
The Qatar-based Nebras Power has purchased an interest in the country’s largest wind farm development, Stockyard Hill.
Stockland shelves sale of retirement business
A sale of the retirement division could have netted the country’s largest residential developer up to $1.5bn.
KKR eyes QMS takeover
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is believed to have been sounding out QMS Media for an acquisition in the past two weeks.
CSR could be a takeover target
CSR has a market value of $2bn and could be on the radar of a potential buyer.
Deutsche analyst Emily Smith quits
Deutsche Bank analyst Emily Smith has left the bank following its announcement that it would shut its equities operations.
AMP steps up sale process for NZ wealth division
AMP’s advisers Credit Suisse and Jarden are preparing to sell AMP’s wealth division in New Zealand.
Credit Corp circles Pioneer Credit
The $1.7bn listed debt collector Credit Corp is believed to be bidding to gain control of its struggling rival Pioneer Credit.
Tyro Payments valued at $2bn
Morgan Stanley analysts have valued Tyro Payments ahead of its IPO. Here is how much.
Emily Smith moves on from Deutsche
What’s next for former building materials and industrial company analyst Emily Smith who has left Deutsche Bank?
UBS boosts real estate equities research team
Tom Bodor is back at UBS from next week after working at Lendlease for seven years.
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