March
Jan Cameron fined $8000 for misleading market over Bellamy’s stake
Once one of the wealthiest women in the country, the Kathmandu founder had been found guilty of hiding her big stake in the baby formula group.
- Max Mason
December 2023
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- Food & drink
Prominent rag trade family pursued ex-KPMG dealmaker Jon Adgemis
Monaco-based Richard Gazal has taken the businessman, who now runs Public Hospitality Group, to court. Adgemis says the matter has almost been resolved.
- Primrose Riordan
Jan Cameron guilty of misleading market by hiding Bellamy’s stake
The judgment was delivered more than two years after the hearing which ran for two weeks through October and November 2021.
- Max Mason and Carrie LaFrenz
April 2023
Big haircut for Tribe Brewing creditors, new owners to take control
Creditors to the craft brewer which collapsed five weeks ago have voted in favour of a deal that gives them 5.3¢ in the dollar.
- Simon Evans
- Exclusive
- Rural property
Jan Cameron adds Bruny Island rural gem to huge Tasmanian portfolio
The Kathmandu founder will add the Woodlands estate at the northern tip of Bruny Island to huge swathes of real estate she already owns on Tasmania’s north-east coast.
- Larry Schlesinger
Tribe Brewing creditors to get 5.3¢ in the dollar in buyout plan
Ambitious dreams, machinery failure and COVID-19 were behind the collapse of the craft brewer and creditors are set to take a big haircut.
- Simon Evans
October 2022
Kathmandu looks beyond Boomers to Millennial outdoor enthusiasts
The retailer wants to open ten flagship stores overseas as it seeks a larger slice of the $US300 billion ($475 billion) outdoor/active market.
- Carrie LaFrenz
July 2022
Jan Cameron, ATO walk back from public court fight over Bellamy’s sale
It is unclear whether the parties resolved the matter or are still in dispute outside of court.
- Max Mason and Carrie LaFrenz
May 2022
Jan Cameron fights ATO over tax on Bellamy’s sale
The Tasmanian businesswoman is fighting to have a court rule on whether a Caribbean-based trust that offloaded shares in baby formula company Bellamy’s Australia can ignore capital gains tax.
- Max Mason and Carrie LaFrenz
April 2022
Inside the falling out between the rock-star banker and eco-warrior
Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron and her adviser, Jon Adgemis, were one of Australia’s oddest friendships. After a decade, they had a vicious falling out. Why?
- Carrie LaFrenz and Max Mason
March 2022
Jan Cameron chips in for TasFoods’ $5.5m raise
Dairy and poultry manufacturer and retailer TasFoods was fronting investors with a $5.5 million two-tranche placement on Wednesday morning.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
November 2021
Jan Cameron had to be aware of details to disclose holding
ASIC has failed to prove Jan Cameron’s awareness or control over a complex scheme designed to keep a shareholding in Bellamy’s Australia private, her lawyers say.
- Max Mason
Cameron ‘should have revealed Bellamy’s link’ even without details
Lawyer makes final arguments in ASIC’s case that she failed to disclose her connections to Black Prince Private Foundation, the biggest investor in Bellamy’s.
- Max Mason
October 2021
Document was altered after my signature: Jon Adgemis
The prosecution led by Lincoln Crowley QC rounded out the corporate watchdog’s witnesses on Monday in the criminal trial brought against Jan Cameron.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Max Mason
ASIC’s star witness in Jan Cameron case scant on details
Jon Adgemis says he was not involved in the formation of a company that lent money to Black Prince – the largest investor in Bellamy’s Australia.
- Carrie LaFrenz
ASIC says Black Prince was ‘revived’ to hold Jan Cameron’s holding in Bellamy’s
The prosecution alledges that a Malaysian company lent money to Black Prince on certain terms, which were changed after the listing of the baby formula player on the ASX.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Snap lockdown delays Jan Cameron criminal hearing
The founder of Kathmandu retail pleaded not guilty to charges laid by ASIC which alleges she failed to disclose her links to the Black Prince Private Foundation.
- Carrie LaFrenz
July 2021
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- Courts
Jan Cameron’s $5.5m legal battle with Nature One Dairy
The Tasmanian entrepreneur was the key backer of the baby formula group and claims it owes her for redeemed convertible notes and interest after a falling out.
- Carrie LaFrenz
June 2021
McBain sells shares in Cameron-backed TasFoods
There’s nothing sleepy about the Tasmanian corporate world, where boardroom battles are surfacing once again.
- Tom Richardson
May 2021
Jan Cameron back nibbling at Tassie food industry
A director at Jan Cameron-backed TasFoods received a 49.5 per cent no vote last week, with its chairman forced out the door last June.
- Tom Richardson