Dealerships’ parent a potential takeover target
Car dealership owner Peter Warren could be ripe for takeover, according to analysts at Moelis.
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Rival hospital operators circle Healthscope
Brookfield may soon move to further distance itself from Healthscope, although sources close to the private equity owner are playing down the prospect of voluntary administration.
Bain Capital lobs $2.7bn buyout offer for Insignia Financial
Insignia has group funds under management and administration of $319.6bn.
Investors chary of Sonic boom
Sonic Healthcare shares have fallen since it announced its $693m deal to buy LADR Lab Group in Germany this week, despite analysts suggesting that the transaction made sense
Spark of interest in acquisition flickers out for Telstra
Australia’s Telstra is understood to have considered acquiring New Zealand counterpart Spark but passed on the opportunity.
Blackstone returns for a new look at an $8bn move on Dexus
Four years on from weighing a bid to buy Dexus, global private equity powerhouse Blackstone is understood to have been back on the scene, weighing up the prospect of an $8bn deal.
Northern Star may sell Carosue Dam to Ramelius Resources
Following Northern Star’s $5bn buyout of De Grey Mining, speculation is mounting that it may move to sell its Carosue Dam Operations to Ramelius Resources.
Bain chasing Insignia with $2bn buyout bid
Boston-based private equity firm Bain Capital is moving on Insignia after buying Estia last year.
Oaktree offloads $70m Perenti stake
The private equity firm inherited shares in the mining services provider after it earlier purchased DDH1.
CDPQ snaps up $NZ909m of telco tower assets across the Tasman
New Zealand’s largest telco Spark has further sold down its interest in its telco towers.
Market mulls future of Macquarie wealth management
Does Macquarie Group’s $1bn-plus wealth management business stay core to the Australian bank or will it be put up for sale?
Investors eye moves on ScotPac
Market experts believe Judo Bank would be one of the most logical buyers for Scottish Pacific.
Goldman Sachs on Judo block trade, Bain and GIC sellers
Block trades in the Australian market just keep coming, with the latest involving $131m worth of shares in Judo Bank.
European group buys BGC’s cement assets for nearly $800m
The deal sees the European-owned group Cement Australia beat strong competition for some of the most valuable and strategic assets in Australia’s building material industry.
Small players keen on Treasury Wine Estates brands
It is family-owned operators, rather than big corporate names, which are keen on scooping up Treasury Wine Estates’ non-core brands that the wine major is looking to offload.
PEP and Medibank expected to pursue Plena
Pacific Equity Partners and Medibank are being tipped as the most logical buyers of Adamantem Capital’s allied healthcare business Plena.
Perpetual’s wrong call on tax puts it back in play
The sale process of Perpetual’s corporate trust unit to KKR was a shambles. So what will be the fallout?
Maas Group weighs highly valuable $800m acquisition
Only weeks after it bought construction materials businesses worth $252m, Mass Group could be about to embark on a far bigger transaction to add to its empire.
Delay sparks talk of James Hardie buy-up
James Hardie’s delay in restarting its share buyback program has many tipping that the $24bn Australian-listed building materials powerhouse has acquisitions on its agenda.
Soul Patts sells shares in Tuas through Jarden
Soul Patts is a seller of stock in the latest market block trade.
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