Today
KPMG takes Las Vegas during troubled times
Self-styled leadership conferences usually involve some aggrandising. But even then, it’s a push for the big four consultancies to paint themselves as winners.
Yesterday
Magellan Financial’s fumbling exit for chief stock picker
The ASX-listed fund manager concluded its investigation into Arvid Streimann, leaving questions open about processes in place.
This Month
Luke Sayers’ medical issue blamed for photo scandal
Just when we thought the saga couldn’t get more tawdry, it has.
The Lowy cocktail party under sniper guard
The mobilisation of security for the visit of Israel’s president extended to private get-togethers.
Golf or rent prices? What triggered senator over Swan Island sale
Senator Sarah Henderson erupted over the sale of two (of 67) military sites to make way for housing.
Jun Bei Liu wants to talk about everything but her performance
From the pages of this masthead to the Today Show set to the Melbourne Cup birdcage, the high-profile fundie isn’t one to hide away.
S&P admits pricing error over monster $1b short trade
The global data provider showed that more than 22 million shares of SGH were loaned before Christmas, leading to questions in the market about what was going on.
Andrew Charlton’s vanishing WhatsApps with the crypto industry
The Labor MP became the digital conduit for the snake-pit of crypto, before a large donation landed in his lap.
Westpac has ‘regrettable losses’ in poaching wars
Macquarie is coming for the big four banks in more ways than one, as Anthony Miller has learned the hard way.
Future Fund CEO’s got eyes on more office space
The agency is also renovating its expanded office, though happily for taxpayers the bill is far less than the Reserve Bank is clocking for its building revamp.
Luke Sayers’ history of soft-touch probes
The AFL’s rather perfunctory investigation wasn’t the first time the ex-PwC CEO has faced workplace questions of a personal nature.
Macquarie’s former CEO-in-waiting slips under the radar
Alex Harvey left Macquarie Group on New Year’s Eve, now relaxed and sun kissed away from the sideshow.
Disgraced raider Ron Brierley pens his own corporate fantasy
The fallen corporate titan appears to be imminently released his self-published memoirs.
Dan Andrews, Alan Joyce recruited for Luke Sayers’ thank you lunch
Cate Sayers’ defamation case against her estranged husband is showing the extent to which he has found support from Melbourne’s institutions and personalities.
Lachlan Murdoch’s secret Middle East trip
The News Corp and Fox billionaire met with Mohammed bin Salman and Benjamin Netanyahu in Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Star cabinet minister took direct donation from crypto exchange
Andrew Charlton is running the new digital assets legislation and accepted an almost $50,000 donation from SwyftX during last year’s election campaign.
Loan veteran Lance Rosenberg emerges at TerraCom
TerraCom’s shareholders are used to scandals, but a mysterious Singaporean company hoovering up a 45 per cent stake in the company has raised even their eyebrows.
Richard White’s ex-mistress shows off his ‘professional mentoring’
The WiseTech billionaire has been targeted for intense online attention from one of his admirers.
Clare O’Neil’s housing policy brain quits for CBA
The latest in CBA’s musical chairs is the housing minister’s policy director.
Matt Comyn and CBA’s pockets are getting picked. How bad is it?
More top-flight CBA bankers are heading to the exit, leaping on to life rafts from rivals.
