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      <title>Danone bets on protein with Made Group buy</title>
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      <description>The French strategic's purchase of an Australian functional-dairy maker directly taps into the major trends driving consumer demand.</description>
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      <title>Australia's CGT overhaul is splitting its VC ecosystem</title>
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      <description>Employee share schemes face a near-doubling of their effective tax rate under the proposal.</description>
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      <title>Australia's superannuation giants have US infrastructure on the mind</title>
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      <description>IFM Investors has a plan to wean US local governments off municipal bonds and embrace institutional capital.</description>
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      <title>Macquarie targets $1B for debut US direct lending fund</title>
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      <description>The Australian giant has stepped up efforts to attract third-party investors after amassing a sizeable credit portfolio on its own balance sheet</description>
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