This Month
‘It’s going to be great’: Pratt to host Mar-a-Lago party for 700
Anthony Pratt, who gave $US10 million to MAGA Inc, will host a party for 700 people mostly from the food and beverage industries at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.
- Matthew Cranston
The drama at Anthony Pratt’s New York party
Actor Chris Rock stormed out of the New York shindig, but singer Keith Urban got the joint jumping.
- Myriam Robin
November
Election donation rules target Palmer and Climate 200
New rules due to come into force in 2026 will cap spending in federal elections and dramatically speed up public disclosure rules.
- Tom McIlroy
Pratt announces move to the US
One of Australia’s richest men is a member of Donald Trump’s private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, and has previously voiced admiration for the US president-elect.
- Primrose Riordan
October
Richard Pratt’s love child free to sue family for slice of the fortune
Paula Hitchcock, 27, is the child of the late packaging billionaire and will be allowed to continue her legal pursuit for access to the family trust.
- Max Mason
September
Why Pratt’s Ohio workers are swinging behind Donald Trump
The state is a test of support for Trump and J.D. Vance, who grew up there. In the town that’s home to Anthony Pratt’s paper mill, voters are already decided.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
July
Junk bond king says Australia could become ‘financier of Asia’
Australia could become a financing powerhouse, says American billionaire and philanthropist Michael Milken.
- Lucy Dean
- Opinion
- Superannuation
Once reluctant, super fund giants are flocking to private credit
If they can find investments that earn close to double-digit returns with reasonable reliability, they’re happy to scale up – which is precisely what they’re doing.
- Jonathan Shapiro
August 2023
Why this Rich Lister wants to recycle your pizza boxes
Visy boss Anthony Pratt has unveiled upgrades to his Melbourne plants that he says will keep 400 Olympic swimming pools of paper and cardboard out of landfill.
- Gus McCubbing
Super savings should be used to invest in defence sector: Chalmers
Last year, the treasurer said there was a role for super in supporting affordable housing and clean energy. Now, he wants to expand that to include defence.
- Lucy Dean
Future Fund leads push into high-grade corporate debt
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund says 15-year high returns have prompted it to double its exposure to the domestic lending market to $1 billion.
- Jonathan Shapiro
- Opinion
- Superannuation
Ross McEwan’s important warning to super funds
National Australia Bank boss Ross McEwan has warned super funds there is a world of difference between managing customers’ money, and giving them financial advice.
- Karen Maley
April 2023
Visy, Linfox benefiting from cash-strapped Andrews government
Daniel Andrews insists on accepting the hospitality and money of billionaires his government is in the throes of transacting with.
- Myriam Robin
August 2022
The short-lived truce in the super wars
Treasurer Jim Chalmers this week declared victory in the 30-year superannuation wars, but now a fresh fight has erupted over the purpose of super.
- Aleks Vickovich and Michael Read
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Should banks be freed to lend with super?
It would be a political decision to reduce the capital buffers protecting Australia’s banks in order that they can co-lend with super funds.
- The AFR View
- Analysis
- Superannuation
Australia shouldn’t squander its super-sized funding advantage
There is no shortage of capital in the financial system. The challenge is to make sure it’s deployed in a way that works for the entire economy.
- Jonathan Shapiro
June 2022
The iconic Aussie brand eyeing a $320m revival
Started in 1895, Rosella says glass bottle prices for tomato sauce have doubled, and in soup it has ditched cans for Tetra Pak cartons.
- Simon Evans
March 2022
Pratt says Ukraine fallout pushes Visy to decarbonise faster
After riding growing demand for packaging during the pandemic, as consumers went online shopping, Anthony Pratt said his company is now focused inward to become more efficient.
- Jacob Greber
February 2022
- Exclusive
- Recycling
Anthony Pratt bets billions on recycling revolution
One of Australia’s richest man is betting billions on a revolution in recycling and the end of plastics as the industry calls for a tax to drive the green shift.
- Patrick Durkin
- Analysis
- Superannuation
Super’s private credit push comes with challenges
The superannuation sector is finally ready to step up as a big lender to the economy. But can it do it on its own?
- Jonathan Shapiro