Hundreds of jobs in regional Queensland are under a cloud as the family-owned John Dee abattoir fights to overturn a Chinese import ban.
The infant formula group says disappearing daigou traders are crimping business as it eyes Malaysia and the Middle East as new markets.
The orgy of extraction has been happening at a time when the returns after fees from private equity have barely exceeded those from a stock market tracker fund.
Forbidden Foods sees growth ahead with the popularity of plant-based foods increasing, products in Woolworths, IGA and Costco, and a solid online business.
IOOF wants the scale to compete with super fund giants and shape the future of wealth. But to get there it is taking some very big risks.