Paulina Duran
Stories by Paulina Duran
Australia’s BGH Capital snubbed on two billion-dollar deals in a single day
The rejections crush what BGH had hoped would be its first purchases since it was set up last year by former local heads of U.S. private-equity giant
Australian property settlements firm PEXA shelves IPO amid market selloff
Just two days ago the IPO's managers had said a consortium led by Macquarie Group and including the country's four largest banks was seeking to raise
Australia’s property settlement firm PEXA kicks off $610m IPO
The consortium is offering shares in the company at a price range of A$13.60 to A$15.80.
Australia’s Latitude Financial defers $1.5b IPO amid inquiry, change in leadership
Latitude, partly owned by Deutsche Bank and KKR & Co, is one of the largest non-bank lenders in Australia.
US-based Coronado launches $950m IPO, Australia’s top coal float in 6 years
The float will give the company an enterprise value of up to $3.2 billion, making it the biggest coal mining offering in Australia since 2012.
Transurban-CPPIB consortium buys Sydney tollroad stake for $6.7b
The consortium also includes Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Tawreed Investments and local fund AustralianSuper.
World Bank kicks off first-ever blockchain-based public bond
The $73.16 million deal is designed to test how the technology might improve decades-old bond sales practices.
Australia’s Suncorp sells life insurance unit to Japan’s Dai-Ichi for $540m
Australia is an attractive market for foreign insurers because the population and economy are growing faster than in most other developed markets, and
Australian pension funds under scrutiny as disconnect between fees & performance grows
Managers of nearly a third of Australia's $2 trillion in retirement savings will have their performance scrutinised at the Royal Commission into finan
Australia charges ex-local bosses of Citi, Deutsche, ANZ for alleged white-collar crime
The charges come at difficult time for Australia's financial sector which is facing a year-long public misconduct inquiry that has brought embarrassin
