Aug 5, 2026 – 10.09amThe Agency, co-founded by Sydney’s star real estate brokers including Ben Collier and Steven Chen, has a determined suitor hoping to take the keys to the company.The ASX-listed real estate agent has fielded an approach from alternative asset management business Aura Group – itself an initial public offering hopeful – with the latter proposing a scrip-based buyout.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.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?
Eastern suburbs real estate stars’ ASX-listed agency vets M&A interest
The Agency, home to real estate brokers peddling some of Australia’s most expensive homes in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, has a suitor hoping to take the keys to the company.
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The Agency (ASX-listed, founded by Sydney stars Collier and Chen) receives a scrip M&A proposal from Aura Group. The bid signals alternative capital's appetite for real estate assets as Aura pursues its own IPO, marking consolidation in Australian property.
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