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EQT Agreed to Buy Cleanaway for A$3.095 a Share, a A$9.3 Billion Deal. Three Days Earlier, the Stock Fell 7.6 Per Cent and the ASX Asked Why.

Cleanaway Waste Management said on Monday 19 October, Sydney time, that it has signed a binding scheme implementation deed under which an EQT Infrastructure vehicle will buy all its shares for A$3.095 each in cash, implying an enterprise value of about A$9.3 billion. The board recommends the deal subject to an independent expert's report. Shareholders vote before the end of February 2027, and FIRB and ACCC clearance are still needed.

By Daniel Okafor · 18 hours ago

The Numbers

Metrics Cut Its Funds by Up to 12 Per Cent. KPMG Still Would Not Sign.

One of Australia's largest private credit managers wrote down three listed funds on Monday, by 2, 10 and 12 per cent, and said a clean audit was expected on Wednesday. On Wednesday the auditor said it was not ready. Metrics has now suspended redemptions and stopped publishing net asset values in the unlisted funds underneath. The share prices had been pointing at a lower number for months.

By Daniel Okafor · October 1, 2026

Markets

A Mark Is an Opinion Until Somebody Has to Sell

Around forty lenders funded one Sydney developer, and each carried its own view of what the loans were worth. An insolvency does not create the loss. It supplies the first price anyone is obliged to accept.

By Daniel Okafor · August 31, 2026