Jul 2, 2026 – 5.38pmA deal maker who spent the last eight years on Wall Street has returned to Australia to establish a new firm focused on what he’s calling old-fashioned private equity.Jonathan Cutting, founder, 2nd Summit Capital. 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?
Ex-Wall Street deal maker returns to target Australian mid-market PE
Jonathan Cutting has founded 2nd Summit Capital (2NDSC), a Melbourne-based buyout firm targeting lower-mid-market companies.
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