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Simon Mawhinney

April

Allan Gray’s Simon Mawhinney. The investment manager is one of Lendlease’s largest shareholders.

Wylie finds heavyweight backers in push to break up Lendlease

Allan Gray, which owns 6.2 per cent of the struggling property giant, expects the sale of its overseas assets could extract up to $4 billion.

  • Aaron Weinman

March

Southern Cross Austereo chairman Rob Murray.

More Southern Cross shareholders back removing chair Rob Murray

Facing a new takeover offer from ARN Media and Anchorage Capital Partners, nearly 40 per cent of Southern Cross Austereo shareholders want to remove its chair.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones

November 2023

Boss 50 highest-paid CEOs

Australia’s 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2023

Despite topping the pay ranks, Macquarie Group’s Shemara Wikramanayake is just one of two women on the list.

  • Patrick Durkin

October 2021

Allan Gray’s Simon Mawhinney.

Contrarian Simon Mawhinney spares no one in his comeback fight

Simon Mawhinney is leading Allan Gray’s rebound from years of underperformance. His fight has spilled over into one of the ASX’s biggest oil and gas mergers.

  • Alex Gluyas

September 2021

Investor wants board change over Sigma’s ‘ego-driven’ API bid

Priceline owner API has backed a merger offer from Sigma, over Wesfarmers, but major shareholder Allan Gray said the board’s decision was “inexcusable” and driven by a “fear of missing out”.

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  • Carrie LaFrenz

August 2020

AMP's John Fraser and Boe Pahari.

The ultimatum that sank David Murray

AMP’s two biggest critics have pledged to give chief executive Francesco De Ferrari breathing space after instigating a cleanout at the battered wealth manager.

  • Michael Roddan and Aleks Vickovich

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