Jun 25, 2026 – 12.46pmIt’s time for ASX’s staffers to dust their brass bell, which has rung meaningfully only twice this year.Ben Cottle is the founder, majority owner and chair of FDC. 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.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
FDC’s $970m float is locked and loaded in 2026’s biggest IPO so far
It will start trading on the ASX on July 19, competing with listed rival Shape Australia – and overtaking retailers SkinKandy and Koala as 2026’s largest IPO so far.
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