Spooked Fairfax predators abandon their prey
What did the private equity groups see that sent them heading for the hills?
Elizabeth Knight comments on companies, markets and the economy.
What did the private equity groups see that sent them heading for the hills?
Those who think corporate culture is just a soft issue should take a close look at Uber.
Only a few weeks back the Queen bestowed upon Frank Lowy a knighthood.
Meet Australia's most important woman - Christine Holgate. She has been chosen to head one of Australia's oldest, most financially and structurally challenged, politically fraught and controversial organisations, Australia Post.
There is a hidden and worrying risk lurking for a particular set of mortgage borrowers, whose level of financial stress is about to get a whole lot worse.
In the wake of yet another Rio Tinto director resignation under a scandal-heavy cloud it's only fair to ponder whether this company is accident-prone, unlucky or if there is a bigger underlying governance malfunction behind its series of poor director and senior management choices.
Tabcorp's $11 billion punt has hit the jackpot. It was both a high stakes and risky gamble.
It appears media players are attempting to make a pre-emptive strike and pick off some of Fairfax Media's non-core assets in the weeks before the main game of selling the whole company moves into full swing.
None of BHP's old guard of directors would get to wear the BHP chairman's crown. The new king had to be a cleanskin.
Conspiracy theorists could be forgiven for wondering why only six weeks ago Ten's management seemed pretty comfortable they had the continued support of its billionaire backers. It certainly appears that at least two of these billionaires had a change of heart.
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