November 2024
Insiders and long-shots: Rear Window at the 2024 Melbourne Cup
Knight’s Choice made a (very small) number of punters very wealthy, taking home the Melbourne Cup on slim expectations.
- Myriam Robin, Zoe Samios and Patrick Durkin
August 2024
Magellan’s goodbye and thank you to Hamish McLennan
The fund manager’s emergency chairman will not renominate after eight years on the board.
- Mark Di Stefano
November 2023
King is the ‘minister for higher airfares’: Flight Centre boss
The travel industry is still stinging about a decision to block additional flights from Qatar Airways, which was seen as a boost to Qantas.
- Liam Walsh
Hamish McLennan’s REA took the board to Paris
The REA chairman led a board trip for the digital real estate giant to Europe, which coincided with the Rugby World Cup.
- Mark Di Stefano
Magellan’s John Eales a dead man walking
Two of the three major proxy firms have recommended against his re-election, as have the super fund advisers at ACSI.
- Myriam Robin
October 2023
Magellan activist to vote against John Eales as director
Activist investor Sandon Capital says it will vote against the re-election of director John Eales at the fund manager’s annual general meeting, citing the group’s pay policies.
- James Thomson
November 2021
Trajan makes ninth acquisition, pays $26.5m
CEO Stephen Tomisich says the analytical science and devices company Tomisich has several more acquisition targets in the pipeline.
- Jessica Sier
October 2021
How Campo brought the cup home for Australia
As the Wallabies begin their test campaign in Britain, here’s a look back at when, 30 years ago, the national team emerged triumphant, thanks to David Campese.
- James Curran
McClintock out at KKR-owned Laser Clinics Australia
He was replaced on October 1 by Colette Garnsey, who used to work for McClintock’s old tormentor, Solly Lew, at Premier Investments.
- Myriam Robin
March 2021
John Eales to front fundies for new healthcare IPO
Two decades since kicking Australia’s rugby union team to a famous Bledisloe Cup win, John Eales is now helping lead a healthcare outfit to its big game.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd