February
Catalano goes to the mat for Byron Bay McMansions
The media mogul won’t take no for an answer in his bid to build a 10-bedroom family home split across two houses in Byron Bay.
December 2024
UBS, Citi, ANZ and CBA navigate fraught Christmas parties
The investment bankers of Sydney held their year-end dos against a backdrop of complex contextual matters.
November 2024
The Ivy to host Barrenjoey banker bash
The upmarket nightclub will play host to the investment bank’s staff Christmas bash next month.
October 2024
Who’s who at Joe Aston’s book launch
The author of The Chairman’s Lounge turned out an elite crowd for his book launch in Sydney on Tuesday night.
September 2024
George Frazis becomes the Madonna of banking
“George” is the banking equivalent of a triple threat: he can handle it all!
Hemmes wins Establishment trademark dispute
The Merivale hospitality entrepreneur won a decisive naming rights victory against a new Brisbane restaurant called Establishment 203.
Justin Hemmes’ fight for the heart of the Establishment
The hospitality baron is locked in a battle with a wealthy cattle farmer over naming rights.
June 2024
Office synergies a no-go in Perpetual’s Pendal takeover
Pendal is moving offices. But not, funnily enough, into Perpetual’s.
May 2024
Man arrested in Sydney’s west over clubs data breach
Disgruntled software developers who claim not to have been paid are being blamed for releasing details of more than 1 million pub and club patrons in NSW.
March 2024
Hemmes’ Merivale to pay out $18m in underpayment class action
The billion-dollar hospitality empire has settled a massive underpayment class action without admissions, but almost half that amount will go to lawyers.
February 2024
Hemmes-sponsored Christmas party something to Bragg about
It wouldn’t be the first time Andrew Bragg’s wealthy friends have offered him a step up.
December 2023
What happened to the $170m record sale of Sydney’s The Oaks Hotel?
Ten months after the sale to a local family was announced, the famous north shore pub remains in the hands of the Thomas family.
Justin Hemmes’ $3b property empire outgrows nightlife roots
The billionaire has spent at least $900 million building a sprawling hospitality and residential empire. But there’s one business he is happy to leave in the shadows.
May 2023
Bar tsar Justin Hemmes spends $38m on two Byron Bay beach fronts
The Merivale boss has emerged as the buyer of a circa $22 million property on Belongil Beach, after spending $16 millioin on nearby shack in February.
Restaurant tech start-ups Mr Yum and me&u in merger talks
The QR code menu and payments start-ups are engaged in merger talks after both enjoyed explosive growth during the pandemic.
January 2023
The 10 best read Lunches with the AFR for 2022
Whether from the worlds of business, real estate, politics, sports and entertainment, these big personalities all offered our interviewers plenty to chew on.
November 2022
The asset class that’s inflation and recession-proof: your local pub
In three years, sales have almost doubled to $2.2 billion. And it’s not just the flow of capital: values are rising.
Hemmes in a two-horse race for Hunter Street station towers
Rising above the Sydney’s new Hunter Street metro station two towers, each of 50-storeys or more, could deliver as much as 150,000 square metres of office space.
October 2022
One hour with a real estate phenomenon
Australia’s top agent, Alexander Phillips, sold $1.1 billion of property last year, drives a Porsche, and likes $300 bottles of wine.
September 2022
Hemmes checks out Sydney’s Oaks Hotel, said to be worth $175m
During a surprise inspection on Friday, Sydney’s most prominent hotel owner has suggested that he might be interested in buying the north shore hotel.