December 2022
Star case to spur directors to dig deeper ‘if there is a smell’
The members of Australia’s company boards will be more rigorous in their review of key business risks after ASIC took legal action against 11 officials at Star Entertainment.
August 2022
Boral’s minority shareholders left guessing
Australia’s largest building materials company is keeping investors in the dark about its price increases while walking away from the commitment made in 2021 to slash costs by $200 million to $250 million.
March 2022
‘The hidden gem is in Australia’: Boral boss on takeover opportunities
Boral’s local business “hasn’t lived up to its potential” recently, according to its CEO, who will “absolutely look” at possible acquisitions down the track.
February 2022
Boral shows economy’s pinch points
Construction and building materials group Boral worries about supply chain bottlenecks and the capacity of the industry to cope with doubling infrastructure projects.
October 2021
Konvoy Kegs brews $30 million raise ahead of summer beer rebound
The kegs rental group CEO says November is “going to be a monster”, with robust beer demand considered a lead indicator of the economy.
October 2021
Boral eyes $3b capital return to shareholders
CEO Zlatko Todorcevski says reinvigorating the Australian business is paramount, with US fly ash the last business to be exited.
August 2021
Boral’s surplus capital mystery for shareholders
Now that Kerry Stokes owns the building products group, he controls the purse strings on surplus capital. The question is, will he be generous to minorities?
July 2021
Stokes outfoxes the Boral board
Control of Boral is changing hands without a decent premium thanks to a masterful strategic play by Kerry Stokes, who was up against a board with poor defences.
June 2021
Boral is ASX’s biggest cash box
The building materials group has given shareholders a roller-coaster ride over the past 30 years and made some look fondly at the golden years when Sir Eric Neal delivered 14 years of successive earnings increases.
Boral’s $2.9b US sale exposes Stokes’ lowball bid
The deal makes Seven Group’s nil-premium merger look like a blatant attempt to take control of Boral on the cheap.
Boral to put heat on Stokes over board control
The Stokes family’s nil-premium takeover offer for Boral looks like setting up some boardroom argy-bargy over the appropriate number of independent directors.
Kerry Stokes has Boral in a corner
Kerry Stokes is slowly but surely winning control of building and construction materials group Boral, and minority shareholders can do nothing about it.
October 2020
Qantas team reunited at Boral
On Wednesday morning Boral announced its recruitment of Qantas veteran Tino La Spina as its CFO.
September 2020
How to hire a new CEO over Zoom
The first time the chairman and chief executive of Boral met was on the day the company announced the CEO appointment.
June 2020
Boral's new chief all over the opposition
Zlatko Todorcevski wanted to be across "every book and cranny" of Adbri. Now he's heading its major competitor.
April 2020
Qantas chairman says let's get back to work
One of the biggest concerns of a prolonged nationwide shutdown is a build-up of debt which will stall the economic recovery, says Qantas chairman Richard Goyder.