Jul 6, 2026 – 3.27pmBennelong Funds Management, one of Australia’s best-known investing businesses, has pitched the for-sale sign in its front yard after years of expectations that its ageing owner Jeff Chapman will seek an exit.Mark East’s Bennelong Australian Equities Fund has recorded shocking underperformance. Paul HarrisSarah 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?