Good evening,

It’s Bank of America’s turn to get in on the investment banker hiring spree.

While not quite in the league of Barrenjoey Capital Partners’ effort to hire 15 new faces on Monday, BoA has snapped up eight investment bankers for its Australian team.

The new recruits include a head of real estate and a director in the same industry team.

Elsewhere, there’s plenty going in equity capital markets. We have a look at Pepper ANZ’s new pitch to fund managers before a potential float, reveal Paladin Energy’s plans for a whopper equity recap and have news about a Chinese-owned gas play that is considering a return to the ASX boards.

Happy reading,

Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
Street Talk Editors