Silverwater. Rebel Group sold for $610 million

Queensland-based Super Retail Group has agreed to buy sports and leisure specialist, Rebel Group, based in Silverwater, for $610 million from Archer Capital. Rebel is Australia’s largest sports retailer, with 11 outlets in Western Sydney. Super Rebel plans to grow the Rebel chain to 185 stores, from 128, over the medium term.

North Ryde. Ranked in top 100, again

Macquarie Graduate School of Management's MBA program has again been ranked among the top 100 such programs in the world by The Economist in its "Which MBA?" rankings survey. The Economist ranked MGSM's MBA at number 73 worldwide, number one in NSW, number four overall in Australia and number seven in the Asia-Pacific region.