This Month
Investors question Life360’s Nasdaq dual-listing plans
Investors and analysts are concerned about how the San Francisco-based, ASX-listed app developer will fare in a crowded US public market.
- Tess Bennett
Companies tap offshore money as IPO drought deepens
A dire environment for capital raising is seeing a rise in dual listing activity between Canada and Australia as companies look to raise more money overseas.
- Joshua Peach
Brazilian rare earth explorer Axel REE launches IPO roadshow
The deal, led by Bell Potter, will see Axel seek to raise $15 million at an enterprise value of $21.6 million.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Deutsche Bank veteran exits after spearheading a five-year restructure
Hugh Macdonald has led the European bank’s investment banking arm since 2020.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
The Spanish family who netted $18.5b from a beauty IPO
Members of the Puig family, who made their fortune in perfume and cosmetics, are billions of dollars richer after Europe’s biggest listing this year.
- Ben Stupples and Clara Hernanz Lizarraga
April
Tasmea helps break IPO drought after spurning private equity
Stephen Young says he held out for the thawing of the IPO market rather than commit a “breach of faith” by selling to private equity buyers.
- Simon Evans
Mark Casey-backed debt recovery fintech plots path to the Nasdaq
Having launched in all 50 US states and in Canada, Remitter has signed on a range of enterprise clients including Bank of America, Citizens Bank and Hyundai.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Alium Capital preps first new fund in seven years
The Sydney investor is targeting wealth groups and superannuation funds for its new private and public equity fund.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Perennial hits the fundraising trail for its sixth private fund
The firm, which manages $700 million across five private asset funds, is set to launch an evergreen version of its public-to-private fund services dubbed PPP+.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
There is something about GYG that makes it impossible to ignore
The Guzman y Gomez story is now spicier than one of its $13.70 chicken burritos. It is interesting to see who bought in, and why.
- Anthony Macdonald
IPO hopeful Lime avoids share bike graveyard
The company says Sydney and Melbourne are among its most profitable cities as it eyes resurrecting its aborted plans to go public.
- Nick Bonyhady
Aussie MMA start-up quietly lists in the US after $9.9m raise
Manly-based Alta Group, which runs a mixed-martial-arts training platform, has debuted on the New York Stock Exchange after raising $US6.5 million.
- Tess Bennett
Capstone Copper Corp in mega block trade
Dual-listed Capstone Copper Corp has launched a $593 million block trade, overseen by Canaccord Genuity, Macquarie Capital and RBC Capital Markets.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why a blockbuster IPO would be better off in private equity hands
We all like to see businesses list on the ASX, but APM is one that would be better in private equity hands. Its credibility is shot.
- Anthony Macdonald
March
- Opinion
- Investing
Bankers cheer as the frozen IPO market shows signs of heating up
Local bankers are celebrating as the US public listing market heats up, but is this simply another sign of a US sharemarket bubble?
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- US election
Trump’s new media company catches the ‘everything rally’ wave
The former US president’s paper wealth has surged with his social media platform listing at an opportune time, with investor risk appetite rising.
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- Opinion
Reddit to the moon won’t launch an IPO boom
While two knockout IPOs on Wall Street by tech companies will boost confidence, it won’t herald a blizzard of initial public offerings.
- Paul J. Davies
Should you invest in Reddit after 48pc ‘pop’?
The issue for individual investors is returns like this don’t always last.
- Charlie Wells
Shaw and Partners expands ECM team as small-cap raisings pick up
Evercore vice president Maxwell Davies is set to join Shaw’s corporate finance and equity capital markets team in April.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why real estate agent John McGrath couldn’t crack the ASX
His brokerage broke the golden rule of IPOs – and paid for it ever since. It’s a reminder that for every success, dozens never quite crack the big time.
- Anthony Macdonald