October 2024
The zombie chairman: How Goyder let Joyce trash Qantas’ reputation
An exclusive extract from Joe Aston’s book The Chairman’s Lounge tells the inside story of how Richard Goyder and his board allowed Alan Joyce to fly Qantas into a reputational disaster.
January 2024
Wild swings in commodity prices may temper dividend outlook
While shareholder payouts are expected to hold steady this reporting season, some investors are more cautious on the miners and banks.
August 2023
SafetyCulture hits $2.7b valuation, plans $500m share sale
Despite previously claiming not to need more money, the local tech star has raised $34m from investors at an increased valuation, while planning a big share sale.
March 2023
‘Our wives wouldn’t like it’: why women had to work harder to get to the top
Senior directors reveal the barriers they used to face as The Australian Financial Review reveals its Women to Watch list for 2023.
January 2023
Lazard’s Australian equities fund tops Mercer’s 2022 performance table
Fund managers owning stocks like QBE and Rio Tinto in 2022 have dominated the returns tables.
July 2022
QBE’s Pat Regan targeted by ASIC probe
The circumstances around Pat Regan’s dismissal were the subject of a long-running investigation by ASIC.
July 2021
Ex-QBE boss Patrick Regan is back in business
The sacked chief executive has set up a consulting business in England.
June 2021
High Court knocks back insurers over pandemic payments
The High Court move has spurred law firms to launch class actions to resolve the drawn-out saga.
February 2021
Link dumps $266m Pepper buy, PEXA stake suitors keen
COVID-19 uncertainties were the final straw for the planned European acquisition, but the PEXA stake is a jewel.
January 2021
Takeover target Link rides PEXA wave
The PEXA electronic conveyancing business, 44 per cent-owned by Link, is the star performer and drove $3 million of extra profits in December.
September 2020
Why aren't boards listening any more?
Directorial independence has turned to arrogance. Boards are not listening to messages from shareholders that they need to hear.
Worst of QBE's boys club allowed to thrive
While many good people have managed to survive in the organisation, behind the spin, the worst of the boys club has been allowed to thrive.
Regan 'not irreplaceable' as QBE board stays silent
QBE has shed no light on CEO Pat Regan's mysterious exit, but analysts say the sudden departure need not concern investors because he is replaceable.
Millions on the line for Pat Regan at QBE
Just over one million conditional rights, worth over $10 million, hang in the balance.
Why QBE moved so quickly to get rid of its CEO
QBE's board has done it again in redefining the rules for acceptable behaviour by a chief executive. The shock sacking of Pat Regan will reverberate through corporate Australia.
Pat Regan's run ended with brutal own goal
Pat Regan was as at home on the soccer pitch as he was in the rough and tumble of the insurance sector, where he won praise for straightening QBE out.
July 2020
Insurers investigated over small business treatment
The small business ombudsman will launch an inquiry into Australian insurers' treatment of small business, saying it has evidence they are ratcheting up premiums.
JPMorgan names three new managing directors
It's global promotions day at investment bank JPMorgan and three local bankers have been on the receiving end of good news.
April 2020
CEOs gear up to take on disruptors
Large businesses previously threatened by disruptive new players could emerge from the crisis in a stronger position to compete because of the digitisation priorities imposed by the shutdown.
January 2020
News Corp's new CFO Michael Ford coming off QBE shocker
Ford’s time at Holt Street can't go worse than his brief stint at QBE Insurance.