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Macquarie and UBS Exclusive: Architect Record-Breaking $11.7 Billion Privatisation of Qube as APAC Leads 2026 M&A Boom
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Macquarie, alongside UBS has architected Australia's largest logistics buyout through an A$11.7 Billion take-private of Qube Holdings that effectively privatizes the nation's entire container supply chain. By deploying a sophisticated capital structure anchored by UniSuper's A$1.7 billion equity rollover, MAM is betting that only infinite-horizon private capital can fund the massive automation arbitrage required to transform this manual stevedoring giant into a high-margin robotic utility for the era of sovereign supply chain security.
Macquarie and UBS Exclusive: Architect Record-Breaking $11.7 Billion Privatisation of Qube as APAC Leads 2026 M&A Boom
Macquarie, alongside UBS has architected Australia's largest logistics buyout through an A$11.7 Billion take-private of Qube Holdings that effectively privatizes the nation's entire container supply chain. By deploying a sophisticated capital structure anchored by UniSuper's A$1.7 billion equity rollover, MAM is betting that only infinite-horizon private capital can fund the massive automation arbitrage required to transform this manual stevedoring giant into a high-margin robotic utility for the era of sovereign supply chain security.
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