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Project Open: Barrenjoey seeks $182m for Orora activist push
A rotten year for ASX-listed can and bottle maker Orora has activists making moves behind the scenes.
Street Talk understands home-grown investment bank Barrenjoey tried to pull together a syndicate of investors in a single stock fund to nab a 10 per cent stake in the Amcor spin-off and agitate for change.
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com
Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column. Email Kanika at kanika.sood@afr.com.au
Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.rapaport@afr.com
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