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Macquarie to profit off severe weather

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... upgraded outlook comes as Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) made an offer to acquire telecommunications company Vocus earlier in the month. MIRA offered to acquire Vocus for $5.50 per share however, the offer is conditional on the completion ...

Macquarie makes telecoms bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has made a non-binding indicative proposal to acquire 100% of Vocus Group. Vocus confirmed MIRA had made an offer to acquire the company for $5.50 per share. The offer is an increase on Vocus' previous ...

Super fund appoints GM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... practice and stay ahead of evolving threats targeting the industry. Most recently Smith served as chief technology officer of Vocus Group, and previously was chief technology officer and chief information officer of Vix Technology. All told, Rest's new ...

Small caps boutique shuts doors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... only fund after it failed to swell funds under management. Mhor Asset Management kicked off in August 2016 with the former Vocus chief executive joining forces with former Renaissance Asset Management fund manager Gary Rollo. At the time, Spenceley said ...

Second private equity firm bids $2.2bn

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... bid for an Australian telecoms operator. Affinity Equity Partners has submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire 100% of Vocus Group for $3.50 per share, for a total of $2.2 billion. The proposal is subject to due diligence and conditional on matters ...

Private equity firm confirms $2.2bn bid

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... private equity firm KKR has made a $2.2 billion buyout proposal for an Australian telecoms operator. The proposal to acquire Vocus Group is subject to a number of conditions, including KKR being satisfied with due diligence, available financing, unanimous ...

EQT appointed RE to newly-launched asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... newly-launched asset management business. EQT will now act as RE for MHOR Asset Management, the business co-founded by former Vocus Communications chief executive James Spenceley, who said: "For a fund to be taken seriously by an investor you have to ...

Vocus founder partners to launch new fund manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
The founder and former chief executive of listed business telco provider Vocus Communications has launched an asset management firm. James Spenceley formed Vocus in 2008; in September last year, it merged with M2 Group to become a major $3 billion player ...

LIC helped by high gold and cash exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... our top six performing companies in the portfolio. St Barbara was a standout performer over the year and Doray Minerals, Vocus, Medical Developments, Beadell Resources and Sirtex Medical all made a significant contribution to the return," Hall said.

CFO for iSelect

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... of a chief financial officer (CFO), effective 4 July 2016. Darryl Inns, previously CFO of M2 Group (recently merged with Vocus Communications), will join the team. During his time at M2, Inns helped lift the company's market capitalisation from $14 million ...