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Bids fly for Top Shelf International assets
Street Talk understands Longreach Credit Investors has fielded a $20 million bid for a collection of Top Shelf’s assets.
Gas policy ‘taken over by activists’: Beach CEO
Brett Woods also took aim at politicians opposing local gas supply projects that are forcing the industry towards more emissions intensive and expensive imports.
Di Pilla spruiks Healthscope bid, says he’ll keep hospitals running
The veteran dealmaker’s HMC Capital has been eyeing the country’s second-largest operator of private hospitals, and says his proposal is “a serious one”.
ASIC and ASFA should get a room
Sufferers of chronic neck pain, best stop reading here.
Former Goldman ECM boss Aaron Lamshed finds a new home
A 25-year veteran of the markets, Lamshed started at Goldman Sachs in 2014 and elevated to managing director in 2021.
Zip Co goes to ground after Federal Court loss
A court loss, a likely large damages bill, and orders preventing Zip from using its name on certain local products? No need to disclose any of that, it seems.
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RBA won’t join desperate guessing game
Central banks are as much on edge as markets, as the world waits to learn the impact and extent of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Caution reigns at the Reserve Bank.
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Fourfold rise in union visits at BHP’s Pilbara mines is not helping wages
It is amazing how quickly a summit about the workforce reveals the chasm between government and big business. BHP’s Pilbara mines are a great example.
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The buy and sell cycle chewing up ASX companies and their investors
Companies get hoodwinked into thinking selling assets and returning capital via buybacks and dividends can make up for past sins. It doesn’t.
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The battle to save Healthscope is about more than money
The fight over the hospital giant will pit heavyweight deal makers against each other. And questions of politics and social licence will make it complicated.
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Inside Clive Palmer’s one-man war on ASIC
Clive Palmer and Donald Trump both believe they’ve been the targets of unfair lawsuits by regulators, and both aim to get even.
How it all went wrong for Rocky Elsom in the ‘wild west’ of French rugby
The former Wallabies captain faces arrest in France over misusing the assets of his rugby club. But court documents reveal he left the club in its best financial position in years.
Inside Duncan Saville’s billion-dollar Bermuda Triangle
A decade after the ATO hit the reclusive Australian investor with a $189 million tax bill and savaged his character, Canberra is rolling out the red carpet.
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RBA won’t join desperate guessing game
Central banks are as much on edge as markets, as the world waits to learn the impact and extent of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Caution reigns at the Reserve Bank.
Bookmaker behind Ladbrokes turned blind eye to drug money laundering
Over 640 pages, Austrac accuses the UK bookmaking giant of failing to catch “large amounts of money being regularly moved”.
15 years of drift: Why global law firms can’t make it in Australia
UK and US law firms are battling for market share on either side of the Atlantic. But expansion has proven much more difficult in Australia.
Fourfold rise in union visits at BHP’s Pilbara mines is not helping wages
It is amazing how quickly a summit about the workforce reveals the chasm between government and big business. BHP’s Pilbara mines are a great example.
UBS industrials analyst off to JPMorgan
Power frequently ranks among Peter Lee’s annual tally of analysts that are the most popular with clients.
The ‘Conservative Cosmo’ with big ambitions, and sex tips for wives
The Evie reader can work. She can be a mother. It’s her choice. It’s just not feminism.
Virgin plans June listing as it restructures into a public company
The Bain Capital-controlled airline’s executives have begun weeks of meeting with prospective investors in a roadshow that is billed as a business update.
Fitch Ratings says Gupta’s InfraBuild faces default within months
The sprawling steel business is the British industrialist’s last good asset. The credit agency says a breach of its lending agreement “appears probable”.
Consulting firms offer concessions to head off Trump cuts
Three of the 10 large consultancies facing a Tuesday (AEDT) deadline to submit money-saving proposals offered a menu of options that could cut at least $24 billion.
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to vote against Rio Tinto unification
The huge fund intends to vote to keep Rio Tinto’s dual-listed structure, despite other shareholders supporting a bid to review it.
KKR corrects a correction
It took KKR three tries to clear up the mess it made of its own ASX announcements.
James Hardie investors are seriously unhappy about the $14b Azek takeover
One of the building materials group’s long-term investors described the proposal as one of the worst large-cap corporate deals he’s come across.
Super funds delaying death payouts also charge the most fees
Analysis from a peak consumer group comes the same day as ASIC released a damning report that revealed the ‘sad situation’ for the families of dead members.
Netflix rival Max rolls out in Australia with bold profit prediction
Warner Bros Discovery international CEO JB Perrette says the streamer will have “millions” of Australian subscribers and turn a profit in two to three years.
Korean giant strikes out at gas intervention
Kogas has questioned whether it can still rely on its contracts to buy Australian LNG, given mounting government intervention in the domestic gas market.
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This ‘nightmare’ superannuation reform has small businesses worried
Small businesses owed $1.8 billion in unpaid super in 2023, now reforms aimed to make sure it is paid on time has them on edge.
Hedge fund interest in Healthscope triggers break-up concerns
The country’s second-largest private hospital operator is negotiating with lenders to stave off insolvency in the middle of a federal election campaign.
The buy and sell cycle chewing up ASX companies and their investors
Companies get hoodwinked into thinking selling assets and returning capital via buybacks and dividends can make up for past sins. It doesn’t.
Woolworths slashes prices to close gap on Aldi
The under fire supermarkets are looking to show shoppers and politicians consumers are getting better deals at the checkout.
Pemba Capital-backed Rennie Advisory hits the acquisition trail
People briefed on the deliberations described the pool of money that the firm wanted to spend as in the “tens of millions” over at least two deals this year.