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  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • 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.

  • Magellan Financial Group
  • 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.

    Yesterday

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • 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.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • RACQ back on block, again, as Bank of America fires up sale

    BoA’s crack financial institutions team Mike Evans and Pete Nicholls are understood to be leading the effort.

  • UBS
  • UBS hands out debt business promotions; head of real estate exits

    The investment bank is beefing up its leverage and debt capital markets business, naming Brooke Johnston as head of corporate lending and structured solutions.

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  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Perpetual board faces fiery analyst call as $2.2b KKR deal lands

    Oh, to be a fly on the wall at the offices of Washington H. Soul Pattinson!

  • Managed funds
  • Australian Unity’s healthcare fund bounces to Perennial

    The move should give the fund greater access to private company deal flow via Perennial’s private assets team.

  • Capital raising
  • Concussion medtech start-up kicks off raise for US expansion

    Headsafe hoping to break into the United States healthcare market with its NuroCHEK device, hitting up early-stage investors for $5 million.

    This Month

  • Perpetual Limited
  • Perpetual boss looks for exit, KKR takes control in $2.175b deal

    The $2.175 billion deal is due to be announced on Wednesday, sources said.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • New deal! Five V Capital are creatures of Habit

    Allied health providers have proved popular – and profitable – for a number of investors, including Quadrant Private Equity, Next Capital and Adamantem Capital.

  • Capital raising
  • Lowy-backed Assembly names new chief investment officer

    The real estate investment firm has elevated former Invesco head of acquisitions Tim Meurer to head up its investment strategy.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Macquarie Technology founders cash out; E&P Capital on trade

    Stockbroker Evans and Partners crossed two lines of stock in the ASX-listed data centre operator after-market on Monday.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Sierra Rutile major shareholder presses the flesh as bid extension lands

    Sources told Street Talk that Sierra Rutile had met with its new largest shareholder Gemcorp on Friday to ascertain its intentions.

  • Capital raising
  • Geoff Wilson buys 6pc of Australian Unity Office Fund; Bells on ticket

    WAR paid $1.20 a share, a small discount to the traded price but circa 30 per cent lower than the NTA.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Quadrant dips into Fortitude’s $300m-plus commercial food biz

    The $8 billion private equity firm has snagged two board seats in the deal led by managing partner Chris Coates.

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  • Capital raising
  • Financy in cash call for workplace equality SaaS platform

    Its clients, according to the flyer, include Bega, Netwealth, NGS Super, SG Hiscock & Company and NSW Land Registry Services.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Europe’s No.1 renewable energy producer shops 1.7GW Aussie pipeline

    The portfolio was previously owned by Span’s Elecnor Group, which Statkraft acquired at a €1.8 billion enterprise valuation in November.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • CDPQ, IFM, AusSuper eye $1.6b Neoen stake, but GPG debacle looms large

    The French renewables group is working with Bank of America to sell a 30 per cent stake in its large local portfolio of assets to accelerate expansion.

  • Capital raising
  • Ellerston-backed video platform draws in big-name investor

    The investment from Melbourne emerging companies specialist Acorn Capital takes the total funds raised by Genero to $15 million.

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • CommBank to refi PE-backed logistics giant; Daimler, IFM tip into debt

    The new loan comes four years after Allegro Funds, led by deal maker Adrian Loader, paid less than $10 million to acquire Team Global Express.