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Local advice sector an attractive opportunity for global PE firms

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2026
... left behind by the bank's exit from the sector and are prompting fruitful investment opportunities for global private equity businesses. "You fast forward a decade from now, and these advice platforms are going to be multi-billion-dollar enterprises. ...

Perpetual rejects EQT bid again as growth continues

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026
... $22.50 share takeover proposal, saying it does not reflect the value of the business, while agreeing to provide the private equity group with limited access to non-public information to determine whether it can formulate an improved offer. The board ...

Emerging markets, private assets lift NGS Super FY26 performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026
... performers were less about the dominance of global and local equities, but the role of alternatives, particularly private equity, and emerging markets in delivering an 11.51% p.a. return for the MySuper Diversified option. Commodities, in the form of ...

EQT AB lifts Perpetual bid to $22.50 a share

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
EQT AB has again upped its takeover bid for Perpetual, raising the offer price to $22.50. The private equity firm put in a revised offer price yesterday, which represents a 2% increase on the previous $22.07-per-share proposal announced in mid-July ...

Viridian promotes to investment team, launches Infinity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... accountability," he said at the time. Viridian currently employs more than 100 advisers servicing 15,000 clients. Global private equity firm TA Associates took an undisclosed investment in Viridian last year to help the latter accelerate its next phase ...

Perpetual rejects another EQT AB bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... another takeover offer from EQT AB, saying it does not adequately represent the fair value of the company. Swedish private equity giant EQT AB's latest offer of $22.07 was shot down after Perpetual "carefully considered the terms of the revised indicative ...

Next Capital nabs Fujitsu's data centre platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
Australian private equity firm Next Capital is set to acquire the local data centre business of Fujitsu to create a new independent national data centre platform. With a completion date expected later this year, subject to customary conditions and approvals ...

Swedish PE giant sweetens offer bid for Perpetual

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2026
... offer bid for Perpetual, after the financial services firm rejected the unsolicited takeover bid from the Swedish private equity giant earlier in the month. The revised offer price of $22.07 is a 2% bump from its previous offer of $21.64 cash per share. ...

First Mutual unregistered MIS wound up

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026
... investor and shareholder" with funds being used by FMPE to make its own investments, mostly investing in securities, private equity investment funds and real property to generate the offered returns. Some 346 identified investors reported to have invested ...

Qualitas bolsters RE private equity team

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026
Qualitas has appointed a senior executive to look after its real estate private equity business, based in Sydney. Michael Butler has joined the ASX-listed fund manager as head of development and asset management for real estate private equity. Butler ...