Magellan holds a 36 per cent interest in Barrenjoey, a home-grown investment bank that has been seeking to pinch market share from established shops since it launched in 2020.
Australian floats raised just $US677 million in 2023, lower than the $US746 million the year before. Advisers are hope bullish investors will turn the tide.
Barrenjoey has enjoyed a jump in league tables, but this is off the back of lower fee-paying transactions that Wall Street banks typically shy away from.
Virgin Australia is looking at a $3 billion valuation at a time of stubborn inflation, rising interest rates and the lowest deal count in a decade in Australian equity capital markets.
Investment banks’ ECM bosses say companies’ $61.6 billion equity capital haul of 2021 will be hard to match this year, but investors can expect plenty of raises, M&A and more shareholder-friendly offer structures.