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Aussie IPOs outperform benchmark

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
Despite a handful of infamous failed Aussie floats in 2019, the IPO market outperformed the benchmark ASX 200 Index by 16.8%. New research from equity raising platform OnMarket revealed that IPOs returned an average 35.2%, marking the fourth time in ...

Latitude Financial joins banks on AFCA complaints list

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... companies in the country. It comes after a particularly bad year for Latitude; suffering what has been deemed the biggest failed IPO of 2019. The data, published by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, pegged the Commonwealth Bank as the most ...

Australians gifted new tech index

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
Aussie tech lovers and investors alike can celebrate a little early this silly season thanks to the announcement of a whole new S&P tech index set to track the movers and losers of Australia's booming tech sector. Set to launch February 21 next year ...

WiseTech short could impact super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... and not inflated through acquisition accounting. It also said there was no overstatement in European revenues and that pre-IPO accounting was not unusual.

Former BTFG executive takes on new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... Peter Wilson will join the company as a strategic adviser and a member of the executive leadership team - with a focus on IPO readiness and success. Wilson was a partner at Greenhill & Co where he led the financial institutions practice including direct ...

Montgomery to launch small company fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... typically invest in a high conviction portfolio of 30 to 50 small listed companies across Australia and New Zealand, and pre-IPO opportunities, with Rollo and Dominic at the helm. Montgomery chief investment officer Roger Montgomery said the fund was ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... was on venture and growth capital financing rounds in technology and health companies as the public markets offered up fewer IPO and other opportunities. Australia's $150 billion Future Fund backed a California-based tech startup in June.

Magellan posts bumper profits, raising $275m

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... the remainder will go towards seeding strategies in its product development pipeline, costs of the newly-announced LIT's IPO and strengthen the balance sheet to chase future opportunities. The insto offer is priced at $55.20 per share which is a ...

IPOs fewer but performing well

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Fewer companies sought to list on the ASX in the first half of the year but IPO investors were rewarded well on the listing day, according to HLB Mann Judd's biannual IPO report. Only 23 companies listed in the six months to June, raising $823 million. ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... was on venture and growth capital financing rounds in technology and health companies as the public markets offered up fewer IPO and other opportunities. Australia's $150 billion Future Fund backed a California-based tech startup last month. APAC sovereign ...