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Macquarie and Canadian pension fund buy SA government asset

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
The Land Services SA consortium, made up of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and one of Canada's largest pension investment managers, has secured South Australia's land services and lands titles office for $1.6 billion. Macquarie, in conjunction ...

Financial services ripe for mergers and acquisitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... insurance operations, in part, due to allegations of misconduct," the report reads. The revival of private equity using the consortium model to undertake acquisitions is also a trend that is expected to continue, with alternative investors such as pension ...

Westpac and Charter Hall in talks over infrastructure manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... headquartered in Australia with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, London, New York and Asia. Most recently it was part of a winning consortium that secured the NSW Government's sale of land titling and registry operations. In March, Hastings also awarded ...

AMP Capital grows infrastructure team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... acquisition of a major stake in Endeavour Energy on behalf of long-term client REST and as part of the Advance Energy consortium. Pahari added Prnjatovic will be invaluable when it comes to managing existing energy investments such as Powerco NZ and ...

Fairfax nixes private equity buyout

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... vying for Fairfax Media have withdrawn their non-binding offers. Hellman & Friedman and the TPG Group-led investor consortium were granted access to "confidential due diligence" to determine whether a binding proposal for the whole company was possible. ...

Second private equity firm joins battle for Fairfax

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... proposal to the acquisition. H&F's proposal represents a slight premium to the revised proposal submitted by the TPG Consortium on May 15, which would see the latter acquire the media conglomerate for $1.20 per share. Fairfax's board has invited both ...

MYOB co-founder sells $62m Xero stake for charity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... trade with First NZ Capital Securities. Winkler made a key investment in Xero in 2009 and later sold part of it to a consortium of investors including PayPal founder Peter Thiel. The latest transaction represents three million shares for a consideration ...

Industry fund wins stake in Endeavour Energy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... asset after securing a stake in NSW electricity distribution company Endeavour Energy. REST Industry Super, alongside a consortium of companies including Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, and Canada's British Columbia Investment Management Corporation ...

Pension fund eyes Fairfax Media

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... play at acquiring selected Fairfax Media assets, joining forces with private equity firm TPG as part of an investment consortium. Fairfax confirmed today that the board of the $175 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and TPG Group, known as the TPG ...

Macquarie buys UK investment bank for $4bn

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
A Macquarie-led consortium will acquire a UK investment bank for £2.3 billion ($3.9 billion) and merge it with its existing UK infrastructure business. Macquarie, along with the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), purchased the Green Investment ...