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The Cap Raise Crucible: Big books, broker options and mixed fortunes
This edition of Cap Raise Crucible follows more than $700 million of ASX raising action, with brokers banking fees and options, while punters count the winners and losers. Credit: File The capital-raising conveyor belt kept rolling over the past fortnight, though one monster transaction did most of the heavy lifting. More than $700 million was chased down across the raising universe, with L1 Global Long Short Fund’s $482.7 million entitlement offer accounting for the li

Murray Ward
4 days ago


Cap Raise Crucible: $2.7B torrent keeps brokers on the boil
This edition of Cap Raise Crucible dives into the ASX mining cash stampede as fat cheque books remain open for the exploration end of town. Credit: File If anyone thought the capital markets might take a breather after a frantic end to August, September had other ideas. The cheque books stayed open, the broking desks kept humming and another collection of ASX companies went hunting for everything from billion-dollar development funding to a few million dollars of explorat

Murray Ward
Sep 25


Cap Raise Crucible: Canaccord leads big mining dash for cash
This edition of Cap Raise Crucible dives into the ASX mining cash stampede as fat cheque books remain open for the exploration end of town. Credit: File If anyone wondered whether the big cheque books were still open or not, the final week of August and opening days of September provided a fairly emphatic answer. Across a snapshot of 35 capital raisings examined by the Bulls N Bears Cap Raise Crucible, - committed or targeted funds totalled $687.5 million, as companies

Murray Ward
Sep 11


Canaccord, Euroz Hartleys, Argonaut and Taylor Collison make the running
This edition of The Cap Raise Crucible features WAM Leaders, WIA Gold and Medallion Metals. Credit: File If the August 5–20 capital raising fortnight proved anything, it was that Australia’s capital markets have lost none of their appetite for writing sizeable cheques. Across the ASX, the cash calls came thick and fast as companies and funds chased fresh cash for everything from building gold mines and drilling copper projects to acquisitions, artificial intelligence infras

Murray Ward
Aug 27
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