In a wild twist, the man who became the face of big super’s rejection of the neocloud also appears on its shareholder register.
UniSuper’s chief investment officer John Pearce delivered the best one-liner at The Australian Financial Review Super & Wealth Summit this week.
Casting shade on the “bankers and vendors” around Firmus’ failed $44 billion initial public offering, he called them “a bit greedy”. Then he said the true value of the stock was “ probably closer to $1 than $11 ”.
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ASIC has confirmed it is investigating the aborted float of data centre start-up Firmus that would have been the largest ASX listing since Telstra in 1997.
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A Firmus AI research and development facility has received approval, reiterating calls to overhaul a planning scheme criticised as being unfit for purpose.
Fresh from the demise of its $30-million ASX float, the company has been told its 52MW data centre proposal is at risk...
