Australian M&A to climb in 2017, peak in 2019
It's notoriously difficult to accurately predict volumes of mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings. But law firm Baker McKenzie and Oxford Economics are giving it crack.
Allens, Freehills outgun rivals in merger stakes
Minter Ellison jumps to third place on an annual ranking of M&A; legal advisers in Australia-NZ. Allens and Herbert Smith Freehills still dominate.
Force Corp directors ready to face the music
How can a company refinance its debt at par one month, only to blow covenants the next and be in need of an emergency equity injection soon after?
Powerwrap CFO faces jail for skipping jury duty
Powerwrap CFO Sean Slattery faces up to three months in jail for missing jury duty to work on his company's IPO.
Conservatives hope for free speech ally
Free-speech advocates hoping to end the legal prohibition against racially offensive speech have a new hope.
ASIC takes Primary CEO to court
Primary CEO Peter Gregg will face court over ASIC allegations regarding a $15 million payment while he was at Leighton.
FBI arrests Volkswagen exec on emissions cheating
A senior Volkswagen manager has been arrested in the US and charged with fraud over the cheating of US emissions tests.
New York's most famous DA: I don't look back
The role model for Steven Hill's DA in Law & Order, Robert Morgenthau transformed crime in the Big Apple over 34 years.
No one queried this hedge fund's huge profits
Red flags abounded while this hedge fund claimed 17 per cent annual gains amid rogue trades.
Good year ahead for floats, raising volumes
Five experts outline their views on how Australia's equity capital markets activity will fare in 2017.
