Sep 7, 2026 – 7.23pmCanada’s OPTrust is ready to call time at Flow Power, eight years after it acquired a majority stake in the Melbourne-born electricity retailer alongside founder Matthew van der Linden.The $27 billion pension fund, led locally by Stan Kolenc, has mandated Lazard Australia to run an auction for the operation, which supplies green energy to business clients and has a growing presence in smart meters, distributed energy and ultra-fast electric vehicle chargers.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?