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- Dec 3, 2024
- 6 pages
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- Nov 26, 2024
- 39 pages
June 2024
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Pay dispute delays construction of 1600 homes
Industrial action by workers at poles and wires company Endeavour Energy is stalling the delivery of 1600 homes and $1.2 billion worth of warehouses in Sydney.
- Campbell Kwan and David Marin-Guzman
March 2024
Locked out home buyers need two rate cuts to have a chance
The MD of Brickworks says 13 rate rises, bureaucratic red tape and a 30pc jump in building material costs since mid-2022 have put detached housing out of reach.
- Updated
- Simon Evans
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The big M&A contender no one talks about any more
It’s the year of the clean-up M&A trade. And when it comes to cleaning up, there’s one gorilla that’s been untouchable for decades.
- Anthony Macdonald
December 2023
Soul Patts’ Rob Millner squares the circle as he comes for Perpetual
It’s hard to resist the idea that this week’s $3 billion bid for the storied fund manager doesn’t come tinged with some layer of revenge.
- Jemima Whyte
September 2023
Brickworks boss says housing shortage is worse than expected
Higher energy and labour expenses offset a rise in revenues at the building materials group. But demand for bricks and tiles is an underlying strength.
- Simon Evans
Soul Patts ploughs nearly $1b into private markets
The increasing tilt toward the private markets in their annual results comes as investors see equities as too expensive.
- Primrose Riordan
April 2023
Private equity giant says Stegbar can withstand housing slump
Global private equity group Platinum Equity acquired the Australasian business of Jeld-Wen for $688 million in a sale process run by Macquarie Capital.
- Simon Evans
March 2023
Housing construction slide coming in six months
The boss of Australia’s biggest brickmaking group, which is lifting prices by 7pc, says the RBA risks overshooting with its rate rises.
- Simon Evans
November 2022
- Analysis
- Gas crisis
Brickworks-Santos gas deal exposes split fortunes of buyers
While operators like Brickworks have proved eminently capable of brokering reasonable gas supply in today’s tight market, smaller players are still being hammered.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Brickworks signs 11-year ‘affordable’ gas deal with Santos
The deal flies in the face of warnings that gas is too expensive for manufacturers on the east coast and ahead of expected government intervention on prices.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Simon Evans
October 2022
Brickworks hoovers up more FBR Ltd stock
Brickworks’ appetite for robotic bricklayer FBR Ltd shows no sign of slowing, with the group understood to be behind another large parcel of shares on Monday night.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
September 2022
This brickmaker saw inflation coming when the RBA didn’t
The boss of Brickworks says there’s a long pipeline of new home construction because of backlogs, delays and tradie shortages.
- Simon Evans
Brickworks rekindles passion for FBR; investors watch for a bid
Washington H Soul Pattison-backed Brickworks is back cracking onto listed robotic bricklayer FBR, sparking fund managers’ hopes for a bid.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
August 2022
Brickworks and Delorean go Back to the Future to curb gas woes
The Doc Brown character used banana skins as a fuel, and it’s a similar concept in a potential $20m-plus bioenergy plant in outer Sydney.
- Simon Evans
July 2022
Brickworks cashes in on industrial land boom with Goodman deal
The 15 properties earmarked for the manufacturing trust cover a combined 496ha and are predominantly in Queensland, Victoria and WA.
- Larry Schlesinger
June 2022
Energy aid package for business on crisis agenda
A crisis meeting of energy ministers on Friday will consider a financial aid package for business and manufacturers to help ease the cost of soaring energy bills.
- Patrick Durkin
AGL, Brickworks plan hydrogen hub in Adelaide
The eight-strong consortium examining a hydrogen plant in Adelaide also includes partners from major Asian corporates in Japan and South Korea.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Big brickmaker says 25-year plan needed for energy fix
Brickworks says it is likely to shift maintenance shutdowns to winter from next year to help ease pressure on a creaking energy grid.
- Simon Evans
March 2022
Buy, hold, sell: 5 small caps with big dividends
Two fund managers analyse five small caps that are delivering big dividends.
Brickworks boss says roof tile prices jump 20pc
The managing director of Australia’s biggest brickmaker says some people are still waiting for construction to start on a new house 18 months after signing.
- Simon Evans