This Month
Ora Banda Mining taps Euroz Hartleys, Petra for placement
ASX-listed gold play Ora Banda Mining is on the hunt for an injection of fresh capital.
Barrenjoey adds another senior UBS banker to its roster
There’s something of a reunion going on in Barrenjoey Capital’s infrastructure and utilities investment banking team.
29Metals IPO ‘covered’ at $2.05; books close lunchtime
ASX aspirant 29Metals is homing in on pricing its initial public offering.
Telstra readies Health-y bid for MedicalDirector; BofA on board
The telecommunications giant plans to double down in the healthcare technology sector by acquiring the medical practice software company.
New Sigma, API chairmen spring fresh hope in tie-up talks
Domestic’s M&A is back with a bang this year and bankers are dusting off dream deals to try to get in on the action.
Nomura Research Institute’s Ausiex comes for Pershing’s lunch
There’s a new player coming for Australia’s equities clearing market – and it’s backed by a big Japanese balance sheet.
CPE Capital exits Cell Care to US trade buyer
Australian private equity firm CPE Capital has sold its private stem cells storage business Cell Care to US-based trade player Generate Life Sciences.
29Metals opens IPO auction, bids at $2 to $2.40 a share
Brokers for the copper miner have opened the books on its proposed $528 million to $607 million IPO and will seek to price the deal by lunchtime on Friday.
Vicars, Kanaan, Paradice & Co’s fintech to open Till on $800m float
A bunch of Australia’s biggest name brokers and fund managers are set to go public with their secret fintech investment, Till Payments.
Quadrant’s Probe asks Westpac Bank to go again
Outsourcing services company Probe Group is mulling a refinancing and dividend recapitalisation that could net a pretty penny for owners including Quadrant Private Equity and Five V Capital.
UK PE firm prepares Aussie assault; opens Sydney office
A UK-based buyout firm is putting on the crampons to climb up the Australian private equity mountain.
Challenger’s Fidante takes bigger slice of bonds bigwig Ardea IM
There’s been a shuffling of the decks at bonds and derivatives bigwig Ardea Investment Management, with two of the firm’s four founders making way for Challenger’s Fidante Partners and the firm’s new guard.
Jarden Australia hires ex-UniSuper guru Mark Himpoo
Well known ECM deals investor and ex-UniSuper stockpicker Mark Himpoo has landed a plum new gig.
Directors fret over M&A disclosure, FIRB, activists, bid readiness
Somewhere between helping Coca-Cola Amatil and Bingo Industries stitch up multi-billion dollar takeovers and defending Boral Ltd, Herbert Smith Freehills partner Tony Damian has found time to survey 62 non-executive directors on all things M&A.
KPMG brews up $150m raising for Stone & Wood’s Fermentum
Craft beer tearaway Stone & Wood’s owner Fermentum is getting ready to start talking to potential investors.
ComfortDelGro taps UBS, CS for Australian review; $1b-plus sale, float
Singaporean transport company ComfortDelGro has hired investment banks Credit Suisse and UBS to explore a listing of its chunky Australian business on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Cobram Estate-owner eyes $75m-$150m raising for IPO
Well-known olive oil maker Boundary Bend’s float plans are looking slick.
Barrenjoey hires Nick Godhard for oil and gas
Barrenjoey Capital Partners has hired oil and gas banker Nick Godhard for its investment banking team.
Bells, Euroz rattle tin for Alpha HPA
Alumina processing company Alpha HPA is seeking to raise $45 million at 62¢ a share in a deal overseen by Bell Potter and Euroz Hartleys.
Aerial imaging business Innovaero gears up for float
One of the founding shareholders and technology developers behind Nearmap and Spookfish is back with another aerial imaging business offering for investors.
