PwC’s government business gets new name after $1 sale to private equity

PwC’s government business gets new name after $1 sale to private equity

PwC Australia’s government business will become a new company called Scyne Advisory,having been offloaded to private equity firm Allegro Funds in a $1 fire sale.

  • byJessica Yun andMiriam Steffens

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Why PwC is selling a division with mega millions in revenue for $1

Why PwC is selling a division with mega millions in revenue for $1

Housed inside PwC,the government consulting division has a very bleak future.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Tyro’s second takeover approach tumbles at eleventh hour

Tyro’s second takeover approach tumbles at eleventh hour

Private equity firm Potentia Capital has walked away from the Mike Cannon-Brookes-backed fintech Tyro Payments after gaining access to its books.

  • byMillie Muroi
What dangers are lurking in the shadows of the global financial system?

What dangers are lurking in the shadows of the global financial system?

Alarm bells are ringing in the vulnerable global financial system as things start to break. The multitrillion-dollar question is whether there is more to come.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
InvoCare enters corporate purgatory as $1.8 billion bid fizzles out

InvoCare enters corporate purgatory as $1.8 billion bid fizzles out

The battle for the ownership of Australia’s biggest operator of funerals and private cemeteries has now become tactical.

  • byElizabeth Knight
‘We are not able to invest’:Cricket squeezed by T20 and grassroots

‘We are not able to invest’:Cricket squeezed by T20 and grassroots

Cricket continues to investigate private equity as fears grow that the sport will lose elite players to cash-up T20 leagues and beginners to other sports.

  • byMalcolm Conn
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$1.8b takeover bid to stop funeral business going six feet under

$1.8b takeover bid to stop funeral business going six feet under

Global private equity firm TPG has raided the share register of the business behind Le Pine,White Lady Funerals and Simplicity Funerals.

  • bySimon Johanson
Virgin Australia eyes taking on more debt ahead of IPO,sources say

Virgin Australia eyes taking on more debt ahead of IPO,sources say

The money would be used to hand cash to private equity owner Bain Capital just months ahead of the airline’s prospective sharemarket re-listing,according to people familiar with the matter.

  • byManuel Baigorri andHarry Brumpton
Big plans for BioPak as private equity bags a stake

Big plans for BioPak as private equity bags a stake

Australian-grown sustainable food packaging company,BioPak,is aiming to bring manufacturing back home,slash prices and spread its wings in North America.

  • byJessica Yun
‘Storied history’:David Jones gets new owners just in time for Christmas
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‘Storied history’:David Jones gets new owners just in time for Christmas

Private equity firm Anchorage Capital partners has confirmed it has snapped up David Jones and says it will back its CEO.

  • byEmma Koehn
Australian companies are warming to private equity,says Blackstone

Australian companies are warming to private equity,says Blackstone

ASX-listed company boards’ “views on private equity are beginning to change,” overturning a long history in Australia of scepticism of the industry,says local Blackstone boss Michael Blickstead.

  • byHarry Brumpton