• Shares

‘ASX making a scene’: director sorry for blackout trades

A director of a WA miner who bought shares just before profit reports were issued says the acquisition timing was an inadvertent breach of policies.

• Jul 6, 2023
• Liam Walsh

• Market manipulation

‘Dummy bids part of fun’: HotCopper trader guilty of manipulation

ASIC has secured a historic guilty plea in a pump and dump case. Here’s which 20 stocks were being targeted.

• Jun 7, 2022
• Liam Walsh

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.

• Updated Dec 8, 2015
• Patrick Durkin

• Private equity

The best – and worst – performing floats of 2013

Feted job outsourcing site Freelancer and a little-known company building an indoor skydiving centre in Sydney’s west have provided the most breathtaking returns of this year’s floats.

• Updated Nov 20, 2013
• Edmund Tadros | Sally Rose

• Market Wrap

Small resources IPOs rush in before year end

The underperformance of small resources stocks in 2012 has not stopped a late rush of mining floats. At least 20 explorers are trying to close their offer before year’s end.

• Updated Dec 7, 2012
• Tony Featherstone

• Investment banking

Chinese investors believe in the power of Zeus

Zeus Resources must have thanked the gods for securing a cornerstone Chinese investor before its float. An early-stage uranium exploration float would otherwise have little chance of closing in this market.

• Updated Nov 25, 2012
• Tony Featherstone