January 2021
Ten small cap stocks that should be on your radar
The Financial Review asked fund managers for their top picks of Australian mid-, small- or micro-cap companies with strong international growth prospects.
- Tony Featherstone
December 2015
Salary Survey 2015: Show of hands keeps lid on 'strikes' against pay reports
Mining and mid-cap companies continue to flout the rules on shareholder voting, disregarding large protest votes to wave through executive bonuses.
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- Patrick Durkin
August 2015
How Redflex was red-lighted for bribery in Chicago
A senior executive of Australian-listed traffic camera operator Redflex Holdings, paid $US2 million of bribes and lavished hotel stays, golf games and holidays on a Chicago government employee to win lucrative contacts.
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- John Kehoe
July 2015
Off-the-plan marketing site Investorist raises $2.5m ahead of US expansion
Property marketing website Investorist has raised $2.5 million from a string of big-name developers and technology investors to help fund its expansion into the US market and further its growth in Australia, the UK and Asia.
- Larry Schlesinger
January 2015
Small cap stocks lead profit confessions
The first big test for Australian companies in 2015 is under way with the corporate confession season revealing a glimpse of the impact to earnings of the energy price shock and lower Australian dollar.
- Vesna Poljak
January 2013
Plans to activate Pratt family cashbox
Exclusive | The Pratt family’s fund manager, Alex Waislitz, plans to turn listed cashbox Wentworth Holdings into an investment vehicle and become an activist investor.
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- John Stensholt
October 2012
Redflex scandal puts dampener on takeover bid
The last thing most Redflex investors wanted was a scandal to officially destroy any hope of a new private equity takeover offer.
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- Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald
March 2011
Redflex gets a green light
The Carlyle Group and Macquarie’s takeover of traffic camera operator Redflex Holdings is on track to be completed by early May after receiving clearance by an Australian regulator.
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- Anthony Macdonald
December 2010
Redflex Holdings (RDF)
Traffic enforcement systems developer Redflex Holdings is speeding towards a nice photo-finish for the year. The stock has rallied about 15 per cent over the past year when the ASX Small Cap Industrials Index has barely broken even.
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- Brendon Lau
October 2010
Redflex Holdings (RDF)
Rising mergers and acquisitions activity this year has been a godsend for the shares of traffic safety systems developer Redflex Holdings, and it looks like potential buyers are lining up.
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- David Ciampa
Gunns surges on Bell Bay plans
Small cap stocks took a breather this week, but this doesn’t mean that there was a lack of excitement on the market.
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- Brendon Lau
New Redflex offers trump Macquarie
Traffic systems provider Redflex Holdings says it has received takeover proposals at more than $2.50 a share.
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- Nabila Ahmed and Sarah Thompson
September 2010
The long and short of it – tactics matter
Hedge funds are gradually becoming more prominent in domestic takeovers.
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- joyce moullakis
It’s all go after Redflex flicks bidder a red light
Just over a month after Redflex rejected a $2.50 a share takeover offer from Macquarie Group subsidiary Macquarie Special Situations, discussions with a range of potential bidders are said to be progressing well.
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- Nabila Ahmed and Sarah Thompson
August 2010
Macquarie leads the run for Redflex
Bullet-proof vests might not be the favoured apparel of Macquarie Bank’s high-flying mergers and acquisitions team, but that be may about to change.
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- Julian Bajkowski
Arizona razes Redflex
The citizens of Arizona may like tough laws to control immigrants, but don’t ask them to cop a ticket from a red light or speed camera if you want to stay in town.
- Julian Bajkowski
Redflex on the market, but for more cash
Redflex, the maker of speed cameras, has called for new takeover offers after rejecting an approach from the Macquarie Group valued at $2.50 a share.
- Jenny Wiggins
Redflex ready to fall into the arms of another
Macquarie Group’s attempt to run a red light with Redflex Holdings has been given short shrift by the traffic camera-system provider.
- nabila ahmed and sarah thompson
July 2010
Redflex receives takeover approach
The move comes after a special crossing on Friday saw 8 million shares change hands at $2.50.
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- Jamie Freed and Sarah Thompson
June 2010
Bidders preparing to jump the lights at Redflex
If the rumour mill is on the money, there’s nothing but green lights ahead of Redflex.
- Jamie Freed | Sarah Thompson