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Showing 11 - 20 of 2027 results for "BID"

Evergreen founder exits Ascalon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
Ascalon Capital has bid farewell to Evergreen Consultants' founder Angela Ashton, shortly after acquiring the consulting firm last year. Ashton confirmed she has left Ascalon and will soon work on a new venture. Ascalon acquired Evergreen Consultants ...

Powerhouse Ventures partners with European fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... Infrastructure Opportunities (CIO) Fund. Powerhouse signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the European manager in a bid to expand the CIO Fund, aiming for at least US$100 million in total commitments. The European manager is expected to anchor ...

Mercer reviews small caps, Aussie equities mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
... the fund manager stable for its Mercer International Shares Fund and Advance International Shares Fund in early 2026 in a bid to streamline the structure to focus on core strategies that deliver more consistent excess performance. In the latest update ...

IFM lifts stake in Atlas Arteria to 40% after upping offer price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
... the examples of Aleatica where IFM raised its offer prices from 27 to 37 Mexican pesos, Sydney Airport where it raised the bid from $8.25 to $8.75 per security and Vienna airport where it's increased the price by 70% from its initial offer price. IFM ...

Bidding war for oOh!media heats up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... $1.60 per share which values the company at around $850 million. In April Pacific Equity Partners made an unsolicited takeover bid to acquire oOh!media for $1.40 per share. At the time, the offer was a premium of 64.7% from its last closing prices of ...

IFM raises Atlas Arteria's bid, urges shareholders to accept

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
IFM Investors has raised its bid for Atlas Arteria to its maximum consideration of $5.10 per security, calling it the best and final offer in the absence of a competitive offer. This values the toll road operator at around $7.4 billion, up from the ...

Future Fund chief says staff departure not at 'worrying level'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... not irregular, particularly in a competitive environment. It also said it will cut costs by $10 to $15 million in FY27, in a bid to ensure expenses and staffing levels remain appropriate for the years ahead. There are multiple internal workplace investigations ...

IFM bid undercuts Atlas Arteria value by $1bn: Independent expert

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... $6.20 per security - valuing the global toll operator at minimum around $7.8 billion, which is a $1 billion short of what the bid values the firm. On the upper end, Kroll values the firm at around $9 billion. "As both the offer price of $4.75 and the ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... ASIC says in FY27 the regulator will conduct a data gathering pilot for a small sample of retail and wholesale funds in a bid to calibrate baseline data needs across the sector. It also plans to address areas of poorer practices within wholesale private ...

Government to fast track low-risk foreign investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
The government is further strengthening Australia's foreign investment framework in a bid to unlock more investment and subject higher risk proposals to more rigorous scrutiny. This builds on the first tranche of reforms introduced in 2024. The changes ...