January 2022
Sargon saga takes new twist as founder asks for special liquidator
Nearly two years on from the collapse of Sargon, co-founder Phillip Kingston is attempting to have his own liquidators appointed to investigate its demise.
- Max Mason
April 2021
Westpac to recover bulk of funds in Sargon collapse
More than a year after the collapse of Sargon, a Federal Court judge has ruled Westpac will get the largest slice of proceeds from the sale of certain companies from within the group.
- Max Mason and Jonathan Shapiro
February 2020
Administrators begin to break up Sargon businesses
They are seeking 'urgent expressions of interest' from buyers for shares in the company's Australian and New Zealand trading holdings.
- Jonathan Shapiro and Liam Walsh
Phillip Kingston's Sargon: At least Deloitte's a fan
In November, Deloitte awarded Phillip Kingston's Sargon second place in its 2019 Fast 50 Leadership Award
- Myriam Robin
Phil Kingston quits GrowthOps as Sargon fallout spreads
His departure comes as receivers take 19 per cent of stock in the associated financial services outfit.
- Liam Walsh and Jonathan Shapiro
Sargon's Phillip Kingston pulls out of Pause Fest
He has barely said a word on the fintech's troubles and is likely to keep shtum for the foreseeable future.
- Myriam Robin
Phillip Kingston not the future of Australian leadership
Sargon Capital (and its founder) had enough red flags to cause a global nylon shortage. Phillip Kingston is, objectively, a rabid networker, related-party transactor and serial founder of dubious ventures.
- Joe Aston
January 2020
Years of red ink before Sargon's downfall
The holding company of high-powered fintech superannuation group Sargon Capital lost nearly $25 in the two years before it tumbled into receivership, and it is yet to file accounts for last financial year.
- Liam Walsh, Liz Main and Jonathan Shapiro
China financier sends receivers to Sargon, Trimantium entities
Sargon Capital, whose board included big players such as ex-ALP Senator Stephen Conroy, struggled to raise funds in the past year and is now in receivership.
- Liam Walsh, Aleks Vickovich and Jonathan Shapiro