Former Goldman ECM boss Aaron Lamshed finds a new home
Month: April 2025
ASIC and Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (AFSA) should get a room
In the same month that Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Mary Delahunty called ASIC’s criticism of the super sector’s governance an “overreach”, she’s now chucked a U-turn at record…
Why Michele Bullock thinks inflation could go either way
Pity any central bank governor trying to make sense of what Donald Trump’s tariffs mean for the world economy. Add in a fractious domestic election campaign where the cost of living forms…
Bids fly for Top Shelf International assets
The end is in sight for Top Shelf International’s long-suffering lender. Street Talk understands the ASX-listed distiller’s financier, Longreach Credit Investors, has fielded a range of offers for Top Shelf’s assets including…
Beach CEO Brett Woods says gas policy taken over by activists
Activist ideology has taken over the decision-making capability of Australian politicians, sacrificing jobs and people’s standards of living through anti-gas-development policies, Beach Energy chief executive Brett Woods has declared. Woods told the…
HMC Capital’s David Di Pilla spruiks Healthscope bid, says he’ll keep hospitals running
HMC Capital managing director David Di Pilla says he would keep Healthscope operating in his first public pitch for why his asset manager should acquire the country’s second-largest operator of private hospitals…
UBS industrials analyst off to JPMorgan
UBS industrials analyst Lee Power pledged allegiance to the Swiss bank in 2021 after upstart Barrenjoey raided its ranks. Now, he’s calling time. Lee Power in a late 2021 photo at UBS,…
Fourfold rise in union visits at BHP’s Pilbara mines is not helping wages
Dear big business, want to know what workplace issue the government is focused on? Wages, wages and more wages. Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt couldn’t have made it any clearer…
Ladbrokes and Neds parent Entain’s blind eye to drug money laundering alleged in court filings
The British bookmaking giant behind Ladbrokes and Neds allegedly failed to cut off a customer who punted more than $1 million in a year despite having details of a transfer into his…
Zip Co quiet on Federal Court loss to Firstmac in ASX disclosure reporting
Advising companies on what and when they must report to the ASX to meet their continuous disclosure obligations (and what they can get away with excluding) has kept Australia’s corporate lawyers happily…