June 2023
A2’s Peter Nathan could take Bubs back to the future
No wonder Lin and Carr are keen on Nathan. He’s seen it all before and is unlikely to disagree on their strategy.
- Myriam Robin
August 2022
- Exclusive
- Baby formula
New kid on the block Care A2 Plus mulls ASX listing
The infant formula start-up was thrust into the limelight after gaining a tick from the US regulator in early July to supply millions of tins to a stretched market.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Exclusive
- Baby formula
a2 Milk’s top corporate daigou is no longer buying
Andy Zhang says a2 Milk, which has cut his allocation of baby formula, has lost sight of the power of the smaller daigou. He’s now turning to Bubs Australia.
- Carrie LaFrenz
April 2022
Inside the falling out between the rock-star banker and eco-warrior
Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron and her adviser, Jon Adgemis, were one of Australia’s oddest friendships. After a decade, they had a vicious falling out. Why?
- Carrie LaFrenz and Max Mason
November 2021
Jan Cameron had to be aware of details to disclose holding
ASIC has failed to prove Jan Cameron’s awareness or control over a complex scheme designed to keep a shareholding in Bellamy’s Australia private, her lawyers say.
- Max Mason
Cameron ‘should have revealed Bellamy’s link’ even without details
Lawyer makes final arguments in ASIC’s case that she failed to disclose her connections to Black Prince Private Foundation, the biggest investor in Bellamy’s.
- Max Mason
October 2021
Document was altered after my signature: Jon Adgemis
The prosecution led by Lincoln Crowley QC rounded out the corporate watchdog’s witnesses on Monday in the criminal trial brought against Jan Cameron.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Max Mason
ASIC’s star witness in Jan Cameron case scant on details
Jon Adgemis says he was not involved in the formation of a company that lent money to Black Prince – the largest investor in Bellamy’s Australia.
- Carrie LaFrenz
ASIC says Black Prince was ‘revived’ to hold Jan Cameron’s holding in Bellamy’s
The prosecution alledges that a Malaysian company lent money to Black Prince on certain terms, which were changed after the listing of the baby formula player on the ASX.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Snap lockdown delays Jan Cameron criminal hearing
The founder of Kathmandu retail pleaded not guilty to charges laid by ASIC which alleges she failed to disclose her links to the Black Prince Private Foundation.
- Carrie LaFrenz
August 2021
- Exclusive
- Executive shake-up
Vitrafy taps IVF pioneer John McBain as scientific advisory board chair
The IPO hopeful has developed a technology to deliver precise and consistent results when cryopreserving biological materials.
- Carrie LaFrenz
July 2021
- Exclusive
- Courts
Jan Cameron’s $5.5m legal battle with Nature One Dairy
The Tasmanian entrepreneur was the key backer of the baby formula group and claims it owes her for redeemed convertible notes and interest after a falling out.
- Carrie LaFrenz
June 2021
Corporate dramas resurface in Tasmania
Jan Cameron-backed TasFoods has two new directors, while former Coke boss Alison Watkins has secured the chancellor role at the University of Tasmania.
- Tom Richardson
- Exclusive
- Capital raising
Former Bellamy’s chairman backs cryopreservation company
Rob Woolley has popped up as a major shareholder and chairman of Vitrafy Life Sciences, which has raised $7.9 million capital ahead of an anticipated public float.
- Carrie LaFrenz
May 2021
Jan Cameron back nibbling at Tassie food industry
A director at Jan Cameron-backed TasFoods received a 49.5 per cent no vote last week, with its chairman forced out the door last June.
- Tom Richardson
November 2020
- Exclusive
- Private equity
Ex-Bellamy's boss tapped to run former Healius medical centres
Andrew Cohen has jumped from baby formula to healthcare, running BGH Capital's new investment – but there is a steep learning curve ahead.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Where the retail daigou are now
Traditional personal shoppers who would empty supermarket shelves have moved online instead, according to a former Swisse vitamins executive who now helps run one of the biggest distributors to the daigou channel.
- Carrie LaFrenz
September 2020
Rich Lister pubs baron buys into Lark whisky dream
Bruce Mathieson Senior has taken a stake in the rebadged Lark Distilling Co which has almost doubled in value since the pandemic began.
- Simon Evans
- Exclusive
- Governance
ASIC witness in Jan Cameron case pursued her in Caribbean court
Cameron reiterates her not-guilty plea to criminal charges laid by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz
August 2020
- Exclusive
- Income tax
Jan Cameron's former adviser alleges their lawyer forged a letter
In February when most of Australia was getting over the bushfires and hearing rumblings of a virus coming from China, court action was brewing in the Dutch island of Curaçao.
- Carrie LaFrenz