Is Origin’s Takeover in Your Long-Term Interest?
By Janine Cox
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In this week's Talking Wealth podcast, Janine shares why the $18.4 Billion takeover offer for Origin Energy by Brookfield is not really in your best interests. Most Australian investors invest for the medium to long term and so do Australian superannuation funds. Therefore, if this takeover succeeds, it will cut Australians out of an important long-term growth and income opportunity in the Australian Utilities sector, while benefiting short term overseas interests.
