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    Today

  • Managed funds
  • Bombora poised to swap RE as redemption freeze drags

    Street Talk understands the pre-IPO fund manager has tapped smaller outfit Quay Fund Services to take over as a responsible entity from Evolution Trustees.

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    Yesterday

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Mystery buyer raids Spartan Resources’ register; Citi on trade

    Fund managers were told to bid in 1¢ increments from an 82¢ floor to a maximum of 89¢ per Spartan share.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Project Eagle: Lion Advisory tees off Drummond Golf sale

    Golf club membership has risen 10.2 per cent over the past three years and female membership surged 12.6 per cent last year.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • The Carlyle Group pitches whole-of-APAC angle at Loscam auction

    Street Talk understands Carlyle has been talking up their ability to bid for the entirety of the Loscam Asia Pacific business including China.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Paladin Energy taps Macquarie Capital for Fission buy

    It is understood Paladin has been working Macquarie Capital on the acquisition.

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  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Cleanaway’s Citywide acquisition may face ACCC clearance issues

    The acquisition by Cleanaway means there’s one less competitor in the Melbourne market for disposal and collections.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Myer taps Barrenjoey, Clayton Utz for Premier approach

    Premier is working closely with UBS and Arnold Bloch Leibler to assess the proposal.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Paladin Energy in M&A sweet spot, eyes on Fission Uranium

    Paladin Energy has an attractive target right in its backyard in the form of Fission Uranium.

    This Month

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Cleanaway closes lid on Melbourne City’s garbo Citywide

    Street Talk understands Cleanaway has seen off rival suitors for the business, with a deal expected to be announced as early as this week.

  • Hybrids
  • MST poaches Shaws co-heads to set up hybrids business

    Street Talk understands Duncan and Anagnos, who have built Shaws’ hybrids and SMAs business together over the past decade, lobbed their resignations last week.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • EQT locks in debt for $700m PageUp buy; CBA, Taiwanese lenders in

    The $220 million, six-year loan was taken up by seven lenders, including Commonwealth Bank and Barclays.

  • Fixed income
  • Ex-Gandel Group dealmaker seeks $50m for new private credit fund

    The firm has hired former Bank of Melbourne boss Scott Tanner to spearhead the investment committee and advisory board.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Private equity piles into Sydney telco infrastructure player CPS

    Founded in 1992, CPS has grown to 170 staffers working on 1850 projects across the country.

  • IPO
  • Guzman y Gomez has a history of missing forecasts, documents show

    The bottom line is this: Guzman y Gomez hasn’t been growing as fast, or is as profitable, as management had previously predicted.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Boutique M&A adviser Greenstone Partners inks global tie-up

    Greenstone’s admission to the Merger Alliance network will give the Sydney firm access to a deep pool of global relationships.

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  • Capital raising
  • Morgan Stanley, Goldman top league tables in run-up to June 30

    With 10-days to go until the June 30 balance date, it is a worthy exercise to take stock of the ever-changing fortunes of ECM teams across the street.

  • Capital raising
  • Radiopharm in $65m raise; Nasdaq-listed strategic pays 47pc premium

    Diagnostics specialist Lantheus, capitalised at $8 billion on the Nasdaq, likes the look of Aussie company Radiopharm Theranostics.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • DesignCrowd brings in RBC to draw up plans for equity raising

    Sources say the raising is being driven by DesignCrowd’s need to provide liquidity to early pre-IPO investors.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Mitsui-backed Campana plots $400 million ASX-listing; hires CLSA

    Mitsui has been an investor since it co-led Campana’s $US40 million ($60 million) Series B equity raise in 2018.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Allianz in $1b refi of Hunter Premium Funding, calls off auction

    Lender sources told this column on Wednesday that the refinancing was in the preliminary stages, and would likely have a deal value around the $1 billion mark.