The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) went up by 0.3% today as the ASX continued its steady climb upwards. The ASX 200 finished at 5,835 points.
The protests in the US are grabbing the attention with the coronavirus currently not at the forefront of people's minds. This year has been very eventful so far.
Zip Co Ltd's (ASX: Z1P) big acquisition
The Zip share price flew higher today by 38.7%. The company announced that it's going to buy the rest of US-based QuadPay by issuing up to 119 million shares to QuadPay shareholders. The deal implies an enterprise value of US$269 million for Quadpay.
Zip described Quadpay as one of the leading BNPL providers in the US. Based on the first quarter in 2020, QuadPay has annualised revenue of $70 million and annualised total transaction value (TTV) of $900 million. It also has a net transaction margin of more than 2%.
The combined ASX 200 business will have $3 billion of annualised TTV and annualised revenue of $250 million.
Zip has also entered into an agreement with CVI Investments to raise up to $200 million with convertible notes and warrants.
Brickworks Limited (ASX: BKW) trading update
The ASX 200 building products business gave a trading update today. Over the past few months it has managed to make a profit from its Australian building products business, but the US division saw negative earnings.
Australian building product revenue was only down by 10% in the four months to 31 May 2020 compared to the prior corresponding period. Development approval has been received for the new $125 million brick plant at Horsley Park in NSW.
Progress continues at the Oakdale site.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX: ANZ) sale
ANZ has finally managed to sell its UDC Finance business for NZ$762 million to Shinsei Bank, a large Japanese business.
The sale will provide around $439 million of level 2 group CET1 capital once settled for the ASX 200 bank. It'll also released more than NZ$2 billion of funding provided by ANZ New Zealand.
Shinsei intends to preserve UDC's operations, retain employees and grow the business.
