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Good evening,

Here’s one we didn’t see coming!

Buyout firm Pacific Equity Partners is set to bankroll former rugby league player Adam “Mad Dog” MacDougall’s weight-loss shakes business The Man Shake.

PEP has cut a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Man Shake parent company Cranky Health, with proceeds to be plied towards growing the product portfolio and its market presence.

PEP’s no stranger to consumer goods plays. Some of its best investments have been in food and beverages groups.

But to see PEP, the firm with the sprawling harbour view office and uber-rich clients, charge into business with a former Australian rugby league representative and a self-made businessman is not something we expected to see.

Elsewhere, we have spotted a pair of sales processes starting up. RBC Capital Markets is set to send formal sale documents for student payments platform Cohort Go, while Goldman Sachs is testing interest in New Zealand’s Kiwi Wealth.

Happy reading,
Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
Street Talk editors

 
The Australian Financial Review
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