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With climate optimism underpinning the important shifts taking place on the political stage in Australia, there is a growing sense of enthusiasm around stronger and more collaborative nation-wide climate action.
Buying shares in a company ahead of a bid can be an effective M&A tactic. Increasingly, it’s one ESG activists may seek to use - and regulators should demand clearer explanations of the real underlying shareholdings.
Banking giant ANZ has been advised on its A$1. 31 billion Capital Notes 7 Issue, which involved a reinvestment offer under which eligible holders of ANZ Capital Notes 2. Firm: Herbert Smith Freehill
Following an “exceptional year”, Australia’s capital markets should expect another busy year driven by record M&A levels, provided that deteriorating global economic and strategic issues do not have a major effect on deal enthusiasm.
CSL Limited’s placement to institutional investors is now Australia’s largest transaction of its kind, said the BigLaw firm behind the deal.