The great irony of Australia’s shrinking ASX problem is that the private-equity foxes are now in charge of the IPO henhouse.
The same funds that have been picking meaningful business off the ASX for years – Bain Capital, TPG Capital etc – and contributing to the shrinking ASX, are now Australia’s best bet for restocking listed equity capital markets.
Source: https://www.afr.com/chanticleer/the-foxes-that-raided-public-markets-are-needed-to-restock-them-20260116-p5nulq