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Today

  • Yancoal Australia
  • China Cinda selling $200m stake in Yancoal; Barrenjoey on trade

    Barrenjoey Capital Markets was seeking buyers for $200 million worth of Yancoal Australia shares – or 2.7 per cent of the company – on Monday evening.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Olive Downs’ PE owners test waters for continuation fund

    Sources said the talks are the first step towards selling these investors’ slice of Olive Downs into a new fund.

  • Goodman Group
  • Goodman lures private capital giants for New Zealand funds platform

    But with a target to grow funds under management to around $NZ2 billion within the first five years, there will be plenty of room for investors

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Commonwealth Bank lines up $650m debt for Costa Group take-private

    The debt facility is expected to print on Monday evening, just as the scheme is implemented.

  • Legal industry
  • Rich Lister Christian Beck gets broom out at Leap Legal

    ATI also reported a blowout in losses – from $120 million for continuing operations to more than $258.3 million.

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  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Iress sells OneVue platform business; Flagstaff, MA Moelis on ticket

    MA Moelis and law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler have helped listed platform business Praemium clinch a deal to acquire Iress’ OneVue.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Global bigwigs fly in for BGH Capital’s annual love-in

    It won’t be surprising if BGH Capital fields a question or two on what’s happening with exits, especially in its $2.8 billion Fund I raised in 2018.

    Yesterday

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Megaport on M&A watchlists as Slattery heads for exit

    Nothing lights up Street Talk’s radar like a company getting its defence strategy in order. 

  • CSR Limited
  • C’est bizarre: CSR share trading post French approach raises eyebrows

    CSR’s trading halt came through after the market had closed for the day, rendering it largely useless.

    • Updated
  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Paradice lost: Charter Hall unlikely to deliver big payday

    Street Talk understands Charter Hall boss David Harrison is happy sitting on just 50 per cent of Paradice Investment Management

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Transurban hits brakes on Denver’s Northwest Parkway

    Local deal junkie Transurban has withdrawn from the auction of a stake in Denver’s Northwest Parkway.

    This Month

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Aware Super tips into Washington’s Galway Sustainable Capital

    Under the deal, Aware Super will tip in $US50 million to own the firm with MAM’s Green Investment Group, better known as GIG.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Saint-Gobain’s $4.3b bid for CSR two years in the making

    Barrenjoey is not the only investment bank to land a spot on French giant Saint-Gobain’s $9-a-share bid for CSR Limited.

  • Capital raising
  • EV play Electromotiv launches funding round

    Electromotiv was founded in 2017 and helps clients run zero-emission buses and trucks.

  • IPO
  • ASX-listed companies poised to swoop on IPO hopefuls

    Herbert Smith Freehills’s legal eagles say there’s a wealth of opportunities for established companies to acquire targets which have been pitched for IPO.

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  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Alinta seeks FIRB approval for renewables deal

    Alinta is understood to have squared off against Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy (BJCE) in the auction’s final round.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Genesis Capital in Pacific Smiles waiting room as Crescent walks

    Street Talk understands said the healthcare-focused private equity firm has walked away after checking out the in-play dental clinic operator.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Transurban accelerates down Denver’s Northwest Parkway

    Transurban Group boss Michelle Jablko is ready to zoom past Melbourne’s EastLink toll road, and switch direction to another auction across the Pacific.

  • Mineral Resources
  • MinRes selling 14.5pc of Azure Minerals; JPM nabs trade

    JPMorgan’s desk was seeking buyers for a $230 million parcel of shares in lithium miner Azure Minerals.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • UBS, Freehills in CSR’s tent as France’s Saint-Gobain tables bid

    CSR Limited is understood to be working with UBS bankers, as the building materials group vets an approach from French construction giant Saint-Gobain.

    • Updated