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  "id": 13055779,
  "title": "Firmus $5 billion float failure deals blow to Australia's shrinking share market",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/firmus-5-billion-float-failure-deals-blow-to-australias-shrinking-13055779",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-09T06:51:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/firmus-5-billion-float-failure-deals-blow-australias-shrinking-share-market-6445406"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The collapse of Firmus' $5 billion IPO is a significant setback for Australia's shrinking share market. The ASX's index is heavily dominated by the Big Four banks and large mining companies, so investors had hoped for more diversity through a major tech listing. Firmus decided against listing on Friday, citing market volatility, and will instead pursue a private fundraising round. This failure is only Australia's second-largest IPO on record, behind Telstra's $10 billion flotation in 1997. The withdrawal highlights the ASX's challenges with a declining number of listed companies and a weak pipeline of new listings. Investors are frustrated by the lack of fresh opportunities, with only $1.37 billion worth of new share sales in Australia's first nine months of 2026, the lowest since 2021.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/nvidia-backed-firmus-shelves-ipo-eyes-private-funding",
        "published": "2026-10-09T01:09:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Nvidia-backed Firmus scraps US$5 billion Australian IPO on poor demand; eyes private funding",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/nvidia-backed-firmus-scraps-us-5-billion-australian-ipo-on-poor",
        "published": "2026-10-09T02:04:46.000Z"
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Nvidia-backed Firmus scraps US$5bil Australian IPO on poor demand",
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        "published": "2026-10-09T02:28:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "From boom to bust in five days: how Firmus’s much-hyped Australian stock market listing imploded",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/from-boom-to-bust-in-five-days-how-firmuss-much-hyped-australian",
        "published": "2026-10-09T05:31:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Firmus $5 billion float failure deals blow to Australia’s shrinking share market",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/firmus-5-billion-float-failure-deals-blow-to-australias-shrinking",
        "published": "2026-10-09T06:48:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Firmus $5 billion float failure deals blow to Australia's shrinking share market",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/firmus-5-billion-float-failure-deals-blow-to-australias-shrinking-13054042",
        "published": "2026-10-09T06:51:24.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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