March
Alex Waislitz joins billionaires hosting dinners for Dutton
The Melbourne investor is the latest deep-pocketed businessman to raise money for the opposition leader.
‘We’ll fight’: Alex Waislitz on family battles and bad bets
The billionaire investor is mired in clashes with his ex-wife, future sister-in-law and developer Tim Gurner. But he’s up for it, he says.
Billionaire Waislitz rejects claim of $21m in improper loans
Billionaire investor Alex Waislitz has denied his ex-wife Heloise Pratt’s claims that he improperly made $21 million in loans to spend on his fiancee.
Catalano still has eyes for Nine’s Domain
The media entrepreneur had a plan. He wanted back in to the property listing platform he once ran. Then New York-listed CoStar arrived with a blockbuster bid.
A strange twist turned Seek’s pursuit of Xref into a cul-de-sac
The boards supported it, so did most of the investors. How was it that the jobs listing giant failed in its bid to buy up a tech minnow?
February
Jun Bei Liu and the art of stock picker disclosure
The star fund manager’s new venture has been set up with a collaborator who is more than just a co-founder.
Alex Waislitz’s Thorney swoops on failed Seek target Xref
The billionaire businessman voted against a $41 million takeover of the employment software group, despite the deal being recommended by the board.
January
Pratt denies she ‘abdicated responsibility’ to Waislitz
Billionaire Visy heiress Heloise Pratt rejects claims by her ex-husband that she failed to pay attention to the couple’s business affairs, new court documents reveal.
December 2024
Waislitz claims ex-wife Pratt ‘abdicated responsibilities’ as director
Billionaire Alex Waislitz has filed a defence to a lawsuit by his ex-wife Heloise Pratt, who claims the billionaire “engaged in criminality” in the management of their joint investment vehicle.
November 2024
Southern Cross hit with first strike, with chairman under pressure
The regional broadcaster’s three biggest shareholders – including its major rival ARN Media – will vote against executive pay despite no bonuses handed out.
Heloise Pratt alleges ex-husband Alex Waislitz falsified board records
The two billionaires had been on amicable terms after splitting in 2015 until a stoush started over the control of Thorney Investments.
Heloise Pratt sues former husband Alex Waislitz over Thorney
Visy Industries scion Heloise Pratt is suing her billionaire ex-husband Alex Waislitz in a fight over their joint-owned business, fund manager Thorney Investments.
October 2024
PwC given green light to chase bitcoin miner Iren for $153m debt
The Nasdaq-listed group, which is attempting to rebrand as a data centre firm, unsuccessfully argued it couldn’t be pursued in Australia for Canadian loans.
Billionaire Alex Waislitz ensnared in the Real Housewives web
The Rich Lister and his extended family have been in the headlines for decades. His new family wants more.
September 2024
Why the Pratts are fighting over the family fortune
This week on The Fin podcast, BOSS deputy editor Patrick Durkin and senior reporter Max Mason discuss the legal fight over the Pratt packaging fortune.
Family offices pave way for Oliver Curtis’ redemption
Venture capital funding, you see, is for plebs without family wealth.
Oliver Curtis rides the AI wave to make a $447m fortune in Singapore
The former investment banker went down in a high-profile insider trading scandal. But with data centre cooling technology, he’s back and richer than ever.
August 2024
Is Southern Cross Media the country’s most painful takeover target?
Between a pricey 15-year transmission contract and declining regional TV earnings, Southern Cross Media is drawing attention for all the wrong reasons.
June 2024
Southern Cross rejects Catalano’s offer to sell his newspapers
The operator of regional television networks and the Hit and Triple M radio brands says it does not want to buy a portfolio of regional publications.
Big salmon hooks a sick media industry
Swaths of the Tasmanian media market have been gobbled up by a Liberal-linked PR firm. Its most recent client is the powerful salmon industry.