March
The country’s highest-paid directors revealed
Here are the 18 male and two female directors in Australia paid more than $1 million a year in board fees.
February
BHP appoints former NAB boss Ross McEwan as its next chairman
He succeeds Ken MacKenzie, who had chaired the world’s biggest mining company for just over eight years, at the end of March.
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.
October 2024
BHP backpedals from chairman’s Anglo American takeover talk
BHP has not necessarily “moved on” from its desire to acquire Anglo American, based on the company’s legal response to comments by chairman Ken MacKenzie.
BHP grooming ‘internal candidates’ for chairman, CEO succession
BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie says directors of the miner will discuss whether it’s time for a new chairman in 2025.
BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie eyes the end of his rule
Ken MacKenzie is expected to retire next year as he prepares to honour the informal nine-year limit he imposed on director terms at the mining giant.
August 2024
Investment bankers (but not Barrenjoey) feast on Orora
This was a boring company, offering boring but profitable returns. And then, it went and blew its brains out.
July 2024
Simpler, predictable earnings this year’s equity market story
Fewer shocks and more bankable businesses, that’s what is in fashion with investors this year. The list of companies trying to dish it up is growing.
May 2024
Why BHP’s pursuit of hot copper went cold
The red metal is the new black. A rebuffed BHP has gone back to the drawing board to plot its next move after Anglo American rejected its request for more time.
BHP turns Anglo pursuit into $64b chess game
BHP has bid against itself and disclosed it, in an effort to put pressure on the London-listed miner. The next move is Anglo’s, and only hours away.
BHP is betting self-interest trumps politics on Anglo American
Convincing South Africa’s government its $60 billion takeover bid for the mining multinational is politically palatable is part of BHP’s challenge in a particularly complex deal.
March 2024
BHP puts former NAB boss Ross McEwan into chairman race
The miner’s current chair, Ken MacKenzie, is in his seventh year in the position, with the company observing an informal policy of limiting terms to nine years.
November 2023
BHP CEO Mike Henry’s new relationship approved by board
BHP’s push into the Canadian potash industry has created an overlap between his private and professional lives.
November 2023
Confrontation at BHP’s AGM shows mining still has an image problem
Big miners have spent years of effort to rebuild trust and demonstrate their environmental and social credentials and the benefits they bring to Indigenous communities. But issues remain.
BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie seeks full term
Ken MacKenzie has declined to say whether he will depart the miner before CEO Mike Henry, but he is keen to run for re-election in November 2024.
February 2023
This board director was so successful, BHP wouldn’t let him step down
Orica chairman and former BHP board stalwart Malcolm Broomhead is a straight talker, who knows the truth is rarely simple when it comes to climate and carbon.
December 2022
Rear Window’s 2022 in review
In 2022, an abundance of notable misbehaviours went down in the Rear Window universe.
August 2022
BHP says management wanted Barrenjoey despite chairman link
The team sought and won an exemption from a policy that prevents the miner using the investment bank as an adviser because of Ken MacKenzie’s dual roles.
March 2022
Lunch watch: Greg Norman does Gimlet
Andrew McConnell’s latest CBD offering was heaving during Wednesday’s lunch hour.