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Yesterday

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Big banks help Singaporeans hit Australian real estate Milestone

    Global real estate investment group ESR has agreed a deal to acquire Blackstone’s Milestone Logistics.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Quadrant’s Total Drain Group mops up rival Bartlett’s

    The bolt-on deals are flooding in for Quadrant Private Equity’s Total Drain Group. 

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • PE comes for play equipment manufacturer Rhinoplay

    It’s play time at Sydney buyout firm Redwood North.

  • IPO
  • My Rewards bankers up for second half IPO

    Loyalty and rewards sector stalwart, My Rewards International, is full steam towards an initial public offering after finalising a convertible notes funding round to help get it to an ASX-listing. 

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • ESR nabs Blackstone’s $3.8b Australian logistics property portfolio

    Global real estate investment group ESR has agreed a deal to acquire Blackstone’s Milestone Logistics.

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    This Month

  • IPO
  • Australian Clinical Labs worth up to $1.7b: IPO broker research

    Australian Clinical Labs’ sponsor brokers have done their own health check on the IPO hopeful.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • New Tilt Renewables bid at $NZ8; QIC, AGL consider matching

    QIC Ltd and AGL Energy need to decide whether to get into a bidding war with Canada’s CDPQ. 

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Quintet Yorkway pitches second debt fund, seeks $100m first close

    Australian owned investment manager Quintet Yorkway is re-stocking its investment kitty with a $100 million-plus raising for a new credit fund. 

  • IPO
  • Chinese giant backs Qld battery play Vecco; next stop IPO

    Chinese multinational power generation and manufacturing company Shanghai Electric has popped up in the Sunshine State.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Citi prepares retreat from Australian consumer banking

    It is understood the global banking giant has been preparing major customers for an imminent retreat from consumer banking in Australia.

    • Updated
  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Wind blows CDPQ back towards Tilt Renewables

    Canadian pension fund giant CDPQ is back for another bite of Trans-Tasman wind farm owner Tilt Renewables. 

  • Vimy Resources
  • Vimy Resources drafts in Canaccord, Morgans for raising

    Listed uranium outfit Vimy Resources is seeking a cash injection to finance development at its Western Australian uranium project. 

  • Investment banking
  • RBC snaps up Goldman, CLSA research analysts

    RBC Capital Markets is in on the equity research analysts poaching action. 

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Project Lion roars to life: BoA kicks off Optus towers auction

    Bank of America has launched an auction for the largest independent Australian telecommunications towers company, Australian Tower Network (ATN).

  • Capital raising
  • Small caps LawFinance, Apiam Animal Health, Elementos raising

    Listed veterinary products and services outfit Apiam Animal Health has restocked its acquisition kitty. 

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  • Capital raising
  • Euroz, UBS in $80m raising for Strike Energy

    WA gas play Strike Energy is cap in hand in front of investors seeking an $80 million equity injection. 

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Boral drafts in RBC for US fly ash review

    It’s on to the next sale at building materials company Boral Limited!

  • Zip Co
  • Zip seals $120m delta placement alongside convertible bond

    It was a busy night for buy now, pay later outfit Zip Co and its bankers on Wednesday. 

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Lazard riding shotgun as IFM Investors mulls WestConnex

    Lazard’s corporate advisory team have scored front row seats to the strangest multibillion dollar auction in town.

  • Infrastructure
  • NSW land titles office asks banks for $1.8b, taps Barrenjoey

    NSW land titles office operator Australian Registry Investments has quietly kicked off talks with its big lending syndicate about a new $1.8 billion debt package.