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‘It’s never only been about the money’: The Zimmermann success story

‘It’s never only been about the money’: The Zimmermann success story

From a market stall to a reported billion-dollar valuation, Nicole and Simone Zimmermann’s label is an inspiration.

  • by Damien Woolnough

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Luxury fashion’s new giant: Coach, Versace part of $13b mega-deal

Luxury fashion’s new giant: Coach, Versace part of $13b mega-deal

Coach, Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors are part of the latest deal in the world of luxury fashion.

  • by Jeannette Neumann
Funeral operator InvoCare agrees to $1.8b private equity takeover

Funeral operator InvoCare agrees to $1.8b private equity takeover

The business behind Le Pine, White Lady Funerals and Simplicity Funerals says its board is backing the deal.

  • by Harry Brumpton
Paramount sells book publisher Simon & Schuster to private equity firm KKR

Paramount sells book publisher Simon & Schuster to private equity firm KKR

The $2.5 billion deal will put control of the prestigious US publisher behind authors such as Stephen King and Bob Woodward in the hands of the buyout firm.

  • by Elizabeth A. Harris, Lauren Hirsch and Benjamin Mullin
Zimmermann sisters sell fashion label in reported billion-dollar deal

Zimmermann sisters sell fashion label in reported billion-dollar deal

Following an unsolicited offer of $1.75 billion, the Sydney-based brand prepares to conquer Asia and the Middle East.

  • by Damien Woolnough
Reworked ANZ-Suncorp deal could help it get across the line

Reworked ANZ-Suncorp deal could help it get across the line

ANZ may have to tweak its deal to improve the chances of getting the $4.9 million planned purchase of Suncorp’s banking assets through on appeal, investors have said.

  • by Millie Muroi
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US giant snaps up Australian aged care operator Estia in $838m deal

US giant snaps up Australian aged care operator Estia in $838m deal

US private equity firm Bain, which owns Virgin Australia, has reached a deal to acquire one of the largest aged care providers in the country.

  • by Emma Koehn
ANZ to challenge ACCC knockback of $4.9b Suncorp deal
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ANZ to challenge ACCC knockback of $4.9b Suncorp deal

ANZ will appeal the ACCC’s rejection of what would have been the biggest transaction in Australian banking since Westpac’s 2008 takeover of St George.

  • by Millie Muroi
Australian skincare brand Bondi Sands sold to $26b Japanese giant

Australian skincare brand Bondi Sands sold to $26b Japanese giant

In a deal estimated to be worth more than $400 million, self-tanning brand Bondi Sands is the latest Australian business to be sold to an international conglomerate.

  • by Jessica Yun
ANZ’s blockbuster bid for rival bank to go down to the wire
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ANZ’s blockbuster bid for rival bank to go down to the wire

As D-Day looms for the Australian banking sector’s biggest proposed deal since 2008, ANZ and Suncorp are trying to persuade regulators that the local industry isn’t a cozy oligopoly.

  • by Clancy Yeates
Game on: Microsoft’s $100b Activision deal gets US judge go-ahead

Game on: Microsoft’s $100b Activision deal gets US judge go-ahead

The deal would be the biggest ever for Microsoft and for the video game industry.

  • by Diane Bartz