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More suitors line up for Iress

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
Iress flagged it now has more suitors vying to potentially acquire it in addition to Thoma Bravo and Blackstone. While Iress did not divulge how many other parties have entered the fray, nor did it name them, it did say that it made its "virtual data ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... Among the even bigger players, KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners now own CyrusOne, outlaying US$15 billion, while Blackstone paid US$10 billion for QTS. As Ghernati points out, the parallels between the GenAI boom and Dotcom bubble of the early ...

Iress confirms new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... chief executive. This comes after Iress announced last month Price would depart in the thick of takeover talks with Blackstone and Thoma Bravo. At the time, Iress said it had been in discussions with the board regarding an "orderly chief executive transition ...

Iress hunts for new chief, takeover talks progress

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... succession plans to replace managing director and chief executive Marcus Price while in the thick of takeover talks with Blackstone and Thoma Bravo. Iress provided an update on Price's future with the company this morning, saying it has been "in discussions ...

Iress adds AI chief to drive innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... follows Iress recently making the role of deputy chief executive redundant amid takeover talks with private equity firms Blackstone and Thoma Bravo.

Iress deputy chief made redundant, takeover talks confirmed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... made the role of deputy chief executive redundant as it confirms it is in takeover talks with private equity firms Blackstone and Thoma Bravo. The ASX-listed company this morning announced that deputy chief executive Harry Mitchell will exit the business ...

Local assets help deliver 12% for ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... (MAM) and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) sold all their stakes in AirTrunk to Blackstone and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) in a deal worth over $24 billion. ART also sold its minority stake ...

Institutional capital returns to retail real estate after hiatus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... attractive asset class for investors. Globally, appetite for retail real estate "remains strong." The top 20 buyers, led by Blackstone, Realty Income, and China Life, CIC China, and Kimco, invested US$32 billion in retail properties in 2024. Meanwhile ...

Data centres 'major growth sector' for Australia: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... buyer demand for data centres was only strengthening in Australia, pointing to the example of the sale of AirTrunk by Blackstone to the Canadian Pension Plan Investment board in 2024. "[The sale] cemented data centres as a major growth sector for Australia ...

SEC fines private equity firms for recordkeeping failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
Blackstone, KKR, and Carlyle are among the private equity firms that will collectively pay the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) US$63.1 million for failing to keep appropriate communications records. They join a growing list of financial institutions ...