July 2024
Perpetual agitator Rodney Forrest drips with false modesty
Hot Rod’s weird bid for a seat on Perpetual’s board follows a banner first year for his one-person family office.
- Mark Di Stefano
December 2023
Soul Patts’ Rob Millner squares the circle as he comes for Perpetual
It’s hard to resist the idea that this week’s $3 billion bid for the storied fund manager doesn’t come tinged with some layer of revenge.
- Jemima Whyte
- Exclusive
- Private schools
‘Unimaginable’: Newington mum speaks out against co-ed plan
A decision to admit girls to 160-year-old private boys’ school Newington College in Sydney has been a lightning rod for the broader community.
- Samantha Hutchinson
November 2023
Legal letter warns private school not to admit girls
A group of parents warn that Newington College’s plan to go co-ed could breach 160-year-old trust rules that specify the Sydney school’s purpose is to teach boys.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Robert Millner just wants girls to do well
He just doesn’t want them to do well at his alma mater, Newington College, or, it seems, among the executives or boards he oversees.
- Hannah Wootton
October 2023
Australia’s most powerful directors revealed
As AGM season kicks off, the BOSS index of the country’s most influential board members reveals the era of the all-dominating chairman may be coming to an end.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
October 2022
New Hope clears final hurdle in 15-year coal mine battle
Chairman Robert Millner hails defining moment in coal miner’s history as it prepares to restart operations at New Acland.
- Brad Thompson
Billionaire coal investor opens up on going green
New Hope chairman Robert Millner says Australian thermal coal has an important part to play in the energy transition.
- Brad Thompson
Billionaire investor tips more M&A in red-hot coal sector
More consolidation in the coal market is welcome, but paying for it with Peabody shares probably isn’t.
- Brad Thompson and Jemima Whyte
September 2022
- Exclusive
- Funding
How eight knee surgeries pushed this ex-Waratah into sports science
Retired rugby player Damien Fitzpatrick has raised $2 million to expand his sports supplement business Pillar Performance.
- Tess Bennett
September 2021
Milton Corp’s $4b takeover finds proxy firm support
Listed investment company stalwart Milton Corporation is on track to disappear without a trace, after nearly 60 years on the ASX boards.
- Anthony Macdonald and Yolanda Redrup
November 2020
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Billionaires and broken models: Inside Soul Patts’ bid for Regis
There's no shortage of drama in Soul Patts’ bid for Regis. But at its heart, this is a fight over how broken the aged care sector's model really is.
- James Thomson
October 2020
- Opinion
- Governance
The uncomfortable truths about Australia's cosy directors club
Ownership Matters has done the numbers, using 15 years of company director and executive data, and the information is an eye-opener about how the club works.
- Adele Ferguson
September 2020
The company that's delivered dividend growth for 20 years
Investment conglomerate Soul Pattinson pulled ahead of Ramsay Healthcare for the longest unbeaten dividend growth streak on the local market.
- Tom Richardson
August 2020
Milton Corp gets ahead of itself
Stephen Mayne says it was 'the height of arrogance' for Milton to publish the AGM notice and proxy form before its nominations closed.
- Myriam Robin
June 2020
Win for farmers in legal battle over New Hope coal mine
Hundreds of mining jobs are in the balance after farmers won the latest round in a bitter legal battle over coal producer New Hope's expansion plans.
- Brad Thompson
April 2020
This bear market will be a generational wealth opportunity
Will Culbert credits his family's entrepreneurial history with teaching him about creating long-term wealth, beginning with a horse that netted £6000 in winnings from a £160 investment.
- Tom Richardson
December 2019
- Exclusive
- AGM season
The proxy whisperer behind AGM season
The rise of industry super and activist investors has permanently changed the AGM landscape, says Maria Leftakis, the Australian CEO of shareholder engagement consultancy Morrow Sodali.
- Patrick Durkin
Soul Patts meeting shut down over coal
Washington H Soul Pattinson chairman Robert Millner shut down the group's annual meeting on Friday after being quizzed on it's coal investments.
- Elouise Fowler
September 2019
New Hope blasts green groups' loophole on secondary boycotts
New Hope says the anti-coal activists should not have a legal green light to target industry suppliers.
- Brad Thompson