Today
MinRes chairman’s private equity firm scores big cash gift
James McClements’ Resource Capital Funds was given a $116 million handout from Australia’s “green bank”.
- Mark Di Stefano
Yesterday
HSF in damage control after M&A partner’s ‘deeply offensive’ tweet
Herbert Smith Freehills has started an internal investigation after a tweet directed at Jeremy Leibler.
- Mark Di Stefano
Blue Sky conspiracy case against hedge fund and Aston sputters out
An “embarrassing” and “scandalous” attempt to sue those deemed responsible for Blue Sky’s demise isn’t going well.
- Myriam Robin
UBS, Citi, ANZ and CBA navigate fraught Christmas parties
The investment bankers of Sydney held their year-end dos against a backdrop of complex contextual matters.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
This Month
Boris Johnson’s mispriced Australian tour fizzles out
The former UK prime minister is no longer hot property on the corporate speaking circuit.
- Mark Di Stefano
Dan Andrews makes Anthony Pratt’s New York party
Rich Lister Anthony Pratt has wasted no time getting settled into his new home.
- Myriam Robin
Pharmacy Guild sends voodoo dolls to fans and supporters
Trent Twomey doesn’t fear the scorn of the political establishment. Or the evil eye.
- Myriam Robin
A mystery bidder, Gina Rinehart and Brisbane’s missing public artwork
The Hopoate Fingers is Brisbane’s most beloved public artwork. Will it fall into moneyed hands?
- Mark Di Stefano
Rupert Murdoch makes surprise Australian homecoming
The “retired” media mogul has made his first trip Down Under in many years.
- Mark Di Stefano
Trophies and sequins as Australia’s business leaders gonged
A $70,000 Rolex and a sequined jacket show life is sweet for the victors, though the path isn’t always smooth.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
MinRes senior lawyers reach for the lifeboat
A second lawyer has left MinRes to help the company’s board within a board investigate Chris Ellison’s misdeeds.
- Mark Di Stefano
Wayne Swan’s Cbus testimony an unexploded bomb
A discrepancy has now emerged between Wayne Swan’s (very) recent Senate testimony and the findings of a review dated two days before his appearance.
- Myriam Robin
Furious Stephen Conroy was dumped as Business Council lobbyist
When did the BCA exactly became a discredited rabble of a business lobby? And was it around the time Conroy’s TG Public Affairs ceased receiving a retainer?
- Myriam Robin
Shameless end to a very Kerry Stokes political coup
The media proprietor’s employee Basil Zempilas still insists he knew nothing of his campaign manager’s polling that almost rolled the WA Liberal leader.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
WiseTech’s Richard White is out. Now for his joy
Do you think the randy professor’s references hit a little differently now?
- Myriam Robin
Stephen Conroy goes spluttering and unhinged against the BCA
The former Labor senator went troppo at the Business Council, whose members include his own lobby clients.
- Mark Di Stefano
Barrenjoey’s bankers are all about founder mode
Founder worship is rarely seen in investment banking. Except at Australia’s favourite finance start-up.
- Mark Di Stefano
Leaked minutes show punting ban repealed to lure “quality” board
“You know what would set this place right? More gambling”, said no one ever. And yet, here we are.
- Myriam Robin
Richard White’s mystery $1b exposure
The former WiseTech CEO did a deal to buy the shares of co-founder Maree Isaacs. It leaves more questions than answers.
- Mark Di Stefano
PM chooses journalists over cricket elite
Albo made the photoshoot and the game, but not the sold-out function, where the list of dignitaries sending their apologies was long.
- Myriam Robin
