Good morning,

You could have heard a pin drop at Citadel’s Martin Place office this week.

Ken Griffin’s hedge fund footed the bill to fly its Sydney staff and their families to Japan to celebrate its 30th anniversary over the weekend, as reported by Bloomberg.

Employees were treated to premier access at Tokyo Disneyland and live performances by Maroon 5 and Calvin Harris.

The US media had a field day with the event, publishing pictures of the employees getting funky with the billionaire over the weekend.

This follows Citadel sending 10,000 of its staff to Disney World Florida to be serenaded by Coldplay. Nice to know hedge funds are doing so well.

Tokyo is shaping up to be the go-to destination for the financial services elite, playing host to Macquarie bankers in October.

If you’re planning a Christmas party at the local pub this year, remember a new bar has been set for loyalty.

Happy reading,

1. AustralianSuper is buying more Origin shares to block the takeover
2. Asia-Pacific investors have poured $2.3 billion into Brookfield‘s infrastructure debt fundraising
3. Bye-bye, Ventia! Apollo, CIMIC have launched a $270 million block trade via Barrenjoey and JPMorgan
4. MST has opened books for healthcare AI business Enlitic’s $136 million initial public offering
5. Bowen Coking Coal has launched a $50 million raising; billionaire Hans Mende tips in

• A former Goldman Sachs investment banker has been sentenced to three years in a US prison for insider trading with a squash partner, the Financial Times reports.
• Internal documents reveal the collapse in brand trust at Qantas as it slumps behind rival Virgin.

Brookfield’s new $US6 billion global infrastructure debt fund, dubbed BID III, is more than double the size of its $US2.7 billion predecessor.

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