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Sarah Thompson

Street Talk editor

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com

Sarah Thompson

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IFM Investors is Atlas Arteria’s largest shareholder.

IFM’s stake in Atlas Arteria creeps up to 26pc; Jarden on trade

The infrastructure investor paid $5.62 a share in a pre-market block trade on Tuesday morning.

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Engie’s CEO for Australia and New Zealand Rik De Buyserie.

France’s Engie powers up for partner search at Victorian solar farm

Engie has shortlisted a blue-chip lender lineup, including ANZ Group, BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank, to stump up Goorambat’s debt financing.

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MYOB boss Paul Robson.

KKR’s MYOB refinancing drags while bolt-on payday looms

The private equity giant is still to pin down a price and structure to its liking, leading to questions on whether it would press ahead or park the big-ticket refinancing. 

Macquarie Group took out top spot, again, thanks to a pick-up in transition flow activity.

Macquarie dominated on-market block trades in April; Goldies dips

The investment bank’s transition desk was run off its feet, handling a mammoth growth equities transition valued somewhere between $1 billion and $2 billion.

Colinton Capital Partners founder Simon Moore.

Cleaning up! Private equity shoot-out tipped for Colinton’s Dimeo

While there’s no certainty a deal will be signed, it’s a credible turn-out for Colinton Capital Partners.

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Rich listers Alex Waislitz and Antony Catalano aim to create a regional media powerhouse.

Plan B in the works as ARN-Anchorage bid collapses

Here’s what Street Talk reckons could unfold in coming weeks.

Arcadia Capital co-founders Sam Walker and Leigh Oliver.

East coast’s No.1 equipment hire biz Orange Hire set to change hands

Orange Hire’s EBITDA shot up from about $18 million at the time of Arcadia’s arrival in late 2020 to $30 million-plus.

Queensland Airports Limited sellers are now eyeing a late May start date.

Queensland Airports Limited auction revs up for take-off ... yet again

The auction’s start date has already slipped a couple of times, from the new year, to post-Easter, and now to late May. Of note, a firm timetable is yet to be set.

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Fred Woollard, founder of Samuel Terry Asset Management, sat in the front row.

Karoon CEO schmoozes investors, but activists aren’t backing down

Activist investor Sandon Capital has accused the top executive of employing “stalling tactics” ahead of the oil and gas producer’s annual general meeting.

Dennis Bastasis, the owner of Arrotex Pharma, has recruited Adam Gregory to run the family office.

From Sali to Bastas – billionaires’ adviser Adam Gregory jumps ship

Gregory’s remit will be to assist with capital planning and hunting down acquisition opportunities at DBG, which also includes other businesses like VidaCorp.

Pernod Ricard’s portfolio includes the iconic Jacob’s Creek brand.

Uncorked: Accolade Wines locked in negotiations with Pernod Ricard

In short, if Pernod moves into the ‘trop difficile’ basket, Australian Vintage is waiting in the wings.

WA gold producer Pantoro launched a cash call on Friday morning,

Pantoro seeks to shore up balance sheet, hires two brokers

The term sheet talked up Pantoro’s “significant” growth potential.

ASX CEO Helen Lofthouse told staff earlier in the year she was making some “hard decisions” to prioritise the most “strategic and efficient” outcomes for the company.

Cabal of industry super funds, led by investors, weighed ASX takeover

The ASX is an essential piece of infrastructure, and has a quasi-monopoly position, a description that would fit Sydney Airport, for instance, which went private in a $23.6 billion takeover.

The Kinetic Group owns bus and rail transport across the world.

Macquarie readies sale of $450m-a-year Kinetic; seeks 10x multiple

Kinetic recently ruled off a $1.6 billion refinancing which Macquarie reckons puts it in a position to accelerate the decarbonisation of its fleet.

Future Group founder and chief executive Simon Sheikh.

KPMG opens tender process for its Future Group-run super fund

The reasons behind the tender process are unknown, but it’s reasonable to assume KMPG isn’t over the moon with its current provider.

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Perpetual’s corporate trust and wealth businesses come with deep links into superannuation and the authority to act on behalf of individual accounts,

Time’s not on Perpetual’s side with KKR deal, FIRB questions abound

KKR is a US entity and the investors in its funds are from all around the world, meaning FIRB will look at the upstream investors.

NexGen is dual listed.

Eyes on NexGen; Canadian shares plunge on dilutive deal

The dual-listed stock sunk 12.33 per cent overnight on the Toronto stock exchange. All eyes are on how it trades at the ASX open. 

Hysata CEO Paul Barrett.

Green energy firm Hysata raises $172m from big name investors

Hysata says its system is one of the most efficient solutions in the world to produce hydrogen from water.

Frank Poullas is the executive chairman of Magnis Energy.

Magellan has a curious connection to rolling Magnis Energy disaster

The corporate regulator launched legal proceedings against the EV hopeful last week. It wasn’t the first compliance team to take an interest – in a way.

Chris Smith, head of healthcare and retirement funds at Australian Unity Real Estate Investment

Australian Unity, NorthWest seek to part ways; taps C&W for unit sale

Cushman & Wakefield has opened a two-stage data room and is engaging with a targeted list of investors including institutions and high-net-worths.