July 2024
Macquarie’s deal drought | AI doubters sell | Michael Milken touts private capital
This week on the Chanticleer podcast, James and Anthony look at Macquarie’s deal drought, ask why everyone’s suddenly sceptical on AI, and try to fix Australia’s capital markets.
Junk bond king says Australia could become ‘financier of Asia’
Australia could become a financing powerhouse, says American billionaire and philanthropist Michael Milken.
- Lucy Dean
December 2023
The new billionaires’ wealth haven is not where you think
The richest man in crypto, Changpeng Zhao, and hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio are among dozens who’ve set up special purpose vehicles in Abu Dhabi this year.
- Ben Bartenstein
October 2023
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
Gaunt, shorn and bankrupt: fallen SBF appears in court
The former crypto mogul who once rubbed shoulders with celebrities and political leaders looked thin and was flanked by lawyers as his six-week trial began.
- Matthew Cranston
May 2023
Investors warn of First Republic aftershocks
Some investors argue banks will have to comply with tougher rules that could crimp lending as the US economy feels the full force of Federal Reserve rate rises.
- Jennifer Hughes and Antoine Gara
June 2022
Revlon files for bankruptcy after missing social media make-up boom
The bankruptcy caps a tumultuous period for the company, which suffered during the pandemic and faced years of declining sales as consumer tastes changed.
- Claire Boston
February 2022
How Oaktree captured Evergrande’s castle
Howard Marks’ $US161 billion fund has control of two prize assets in China after defaults by the world’s most indebted developer.
- Tabby Kinder, Robert Smith, Harriet Agnew and Sujeet Indap
October 2021
Wall Street’s newest billionaire CEO has his best year ever
Rich Handler, the Jefferies Financial Group boss with an offbeat online persona, is now flaunting 10 figures, thanks to the investment bank’s soaring shares.
- Sridhar Natarajan
April 2021
Ares raises €11b private debt fund amid alternative lending rush
The fund will be Europe’s largest of its type, and will lend money directly to medium-sized companies in the region that want or need an alternative to the typically cheaper funding routes of bank loans and bond markets.
- Kaye Wiggins
October 2020
- Analysis
- Scandal
Investors imagine private equity group Apollo after Leon Black
The founder's links with the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has spooked investors, hammered the share price and set in play a succession plan.
- Mark Vandevelde, Sujeet Indap and Kaye Wiggins
June 2020
What caught Mike Milken's eye in Melbourne
'This work holds the key to eliminating prostate cancer as a cause of death,' says the American philanthropist.
- Jill Margo
March 2020
The big-hitters behind the campaign to pardon Michael Milken
Rudolph Giuliani, Rupert Murdoch and Sheldon Adelson were among those in President Trump's inner circle, who urged him to pardon the junk bond king.
- James Stewart and Jesse Drucker
February 2020
Bloomberg prepares ground for nominee race as Democrats take aim
The billionaire candidate would sell his eponymous media and data company if elected president.
- Updated
- Jacob Greber
Nobody makes money like Apollo's Leon Black
The private equity CEO with a low profile and a fearsome reputation skates on the edges of other people’s catastrophes and manages to walk away richer.
- Caleb Melby and Heather Perlberg