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ASIC chair Joe Longo.

Corporate watchdog wants Australian boards to do better

ASIC chair Joe Longo wants Australian companies to improve the overall quality of their boards, amid ongoing discussions in corporate Australia on the role of diversity policies.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey

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Qantas, Treasury Wine and Brambles chairman John Mullen has indicated he is in the process of reducing his board director commitments.

‘I am dealing with it’: The chairman of some of Australia’s biggest companies vows to reduce workload

John Mullen is currently the chairman of ASX-listed companies Qantas, Treasury Wine Estates and Brambles, raising concerns that he has become overloaded.

  • Jessica Yun
Brambles says early-stage takeover talks with CVC ended this morning.

Market volatility kills $20 billion Brambles bid

It took just 25 hours for one of the biggest private equity bids for an Australian company to go up in smoke. What happened?

  • Colin Kruger
Brambles shares jumped after reports it might be a takeover target.

Brambles investor backs CVC approach but wants $20b on the table

Brambles investors are already warming to the prospect of a takeover, after the company’s shares soared as much as 13 per cent on Monday following confirmation that the pallet supplier has been in preliminary talks with private equity giant CVC. 

  • Colin Kruger
Brambles confirmed early-stage takeover talks with CVC.

Who knew CHEP pallets were sexy prey. Corporate vultures, of course

Corporate vultures’ nostrils are flaring as they size up Australia’s $17 billion pallet maker Brambles.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Pallet supplies say customers won’t send their pallets back to them.

Retailers, manufacturers hoarding trays fuels ‘pallet-gate’ shortage

Australia’s two major owners of reusable pallets say retailers, producers and manufacturers are hoarding and redirecting the crucial shipping items.

  • Patrick Hatch
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It's too early to say if our sharemarket has passed the point of maximum fear.

Energy sector drags ASX sharply lower

Energy stocks dragged on the local bourse on Monday, as oil prices hit a 21-year low and an $8.8b takeover bid for Caltex Australia collapsed.

  • Lucy Battersby
The local bourse has shed almost $210b in value over the past week.

'Genuine panic': Stocks shed $210b in worst week since financial crisis

The ASX has suffered its largest fall in over four years, as what some described as panic selling took hold amid heightened coronavirus fears.

  • David Scutt
Brambles CEO Graham Chipchase delivered a positive half-year result in a challenging environment, which saw shares gain 4 per cent on Monday.

ASX treads water as QBE rockets to highest mark in almost five years

The local bourse has ended Monday's session flat, as declines in the financial sector offset gains in real estate, information technology and health care.

  • Lucy Battersby and David Scutt
Brambles has won new contracts in Europe and reported a strong quarterly update.

Brambles boss says company is 'resilient', despite global uncertainty

The boss of Brambles says the company operated in an environment of increasing economic "uncertainty" in the first half,  as it booked a fall in half-year profit.

  • Darren Gray

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