Jul 29, 2026 – 3.36pmBarrenjoey Capital Partners is machine-gunning hefty sign-on bonus cheques at a handful of mid-level Jarden bankers as it seeks to gut the latter’s New Zealand outpost.Barrenjoy co-executive chairman Matthew Grounds. Peter RaeSarah 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.Angira Bharadwaj is a co-editor of Street Talk. She covers IPOs, capital raises, mergers and acquisitions and other breaking news in Australia’s capital markets. Previously, she covered financial services, state, and federal politics. Send tips to @angirab.60 on encrypted messaging platform Signal.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
Barrenjoey bears down on Jarden’s NZ team
Barrenjoey still has its eye on more staff across Jarden NZ’s equity sales, investment banking and research.
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