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Columns for Alan Kohler - Intelligent Investor, Eureka Report and The Constant Investor


December 19, 2024

Here are links to Stephen Mayne's regular fortnightly columns which have been produced for Alan Kohler's investment ezines since 2017, first as The Constant Investor and then for Eureka Report which is now owned by public company Investsmart, which has recently rebranded Eureka Report to Intelligent Investor. Also, go here for links to almost 50 Money Cafe podcasts with Alan Kohler.

2017: 9 columns

1. Directors who should go, last day laggards, annual board elections, TEN's collapse, expanded SPP cap, ANZ hybrid offer and NRW SPP
August 31, 2017 – 2182 words

2. Dodgy Perth raisings (Buru and NRW), proxy advisers, limiting overs, pulled resolutions, Ardent, Bellamy's and why Harvey Norman is hardly normal
September 14, 2017 – 2212 words

3. A blast on the phone from Gerry Harvey, AGL AGM, list of rem protest bounce backs, ANZ Capital Notes offer, RCR hits rorters and NRW scale back
September 28, 2017 – 1920 words

4. Stokes' Beach creep, Select Harvest shocker, chair Nora and Macquarie Atlas capital raise, Brambles board protest, bagging Brian Long and Solly gets his man
October 12, 2017 – 2597 words

5. Remarkable James Packer exchanges, Tassal, Myer battle, Seven SPP complacency, IOOF, placement votes and full list of PAITREOs
October 26, 2017 – 3735 words

6. Crown AGM (including bootleg transcript), 8 dodgy placements in a day, 20 ways to raise capital, ASA response to capital raisings and handling unco-operative chairs
November 9, 2017 – 4541 words

7. AGM season wrap, director accountability with protest votes, hitting Woolworths over pokies, Solly vs Myer, Nufarm PAITREO and raisings where retail paid less
November 23, 2017 – 2255 words

8. Slaters lessons, takeover social issues with Tabcorp, rem protest votes, TPG and who can't vote on rem, stood up by Ken Henry, SPPs wrap and chair succession as RIO goes for a miner
December 7, 2017 – 3951 words

9. AWE SPP windfall, exiting billionaires Rupert and Lowy, Tigers AGM, Bega vs Tigers EGM, Transurban PAITREO, Pact, Cleanaway and Worley in capital raising rip-off
December 21, 2017 – 3470 words

2018: 25 columns


10. New CBA CEO Matt Comyn, Catalano quits Domain, Transurban PAITREO, Steve Wynn, Mincor SPP, ASX gets tough on Getswift after Guvera and departures which hit share prices
January 29, 2018 – 3248 words

11.
Bunnings UK, chairs with skin in the game, Wynne/Catalano, offshore takeover disasters, going on Q&A, Transurban PAITREO and chair interviews wrap
February 12, 2018 – 3183 words

12.
Time for corporate law reform, Big Un a Bad ‘N, Woodside's PAITREO, Brian McNamee's CSL sell-down, ASA conflicts and gambling odds and sods
February 26, 2018 – 2239 words

13. Big Un scandal rolls on, bank Royal Commission, Woodside & APA PAITREOs, Lucy Turnbull invests, war stories with Michael Chaney and AGM mini-season preview
March 12, 2018 – 3198 words

14. ASX does reject some floats, Blackrock's permissive voting history, Argo's SPP record, APA's PAITREO wraps up and inside windfall enjoyed by Bellamy's chair
March 26, 2018 – 2525 words

15. Special edition on foreign ownership in Australia as Westfield's international assets leave the ASX
April 9, 2018 – 7027 words

16. AGL and Liddell, Blue Sky and short sellers, Seven's cricket share trading, directors with baggage, Chinese placements, Kathmandu raising and where are the SPPs?
April 16, 2018 - 3594 words

17. Where to for AMP, $300m Link placement, UniSuper's special deals, Next DC shows the way, Kathmandu SPP scale back, disclosing AGM votes and Woolies divestment push
April 23, 2018 – 3071 words

18. AMP chair quits, can Brenner stay on other boards, CSL almost passes NAB/ANZ, new Getswift directors and the capital raisings of SRG, Redflow and Syrah Resources
April 30, 2018 – 3101 words

19. Reece goes multi-nationals, previewing AMP's AGM, the combative David Murray, don't bag Macquarie, SRG delivers for small shareholders and who should appoint big bank directors?
May 7, 2018 – 5480 words

20.
Rich List analysis, foreign success stories, Westfield pay issue, Big Un, Reece capital raising update, Moelis AGM and grilling chairs
May 28, 2018 – 2885 words

21. ANZ placement charges, Moelis AGM, Macquarie and the “sophisticated” investors, Four Corners takes on AMP, ranking the FAANGs, overloaded directors and the Carnarvon SPP
June 11, 2018 – 4300 words

22. APA's $23b takeover, AMP's rebuilding challenge, state budget gambling disclosures, placements aplenty and critiquing the rules around trading halts
June 18, 2018 – 2829 words

23. ASX board's revolving door, Ramsay write-down, Credit Corp class action and Bell Financial Group regrettably goes non-renounceable
June 25, 2018 - 2750 words

24. More capital raising rip-offs, Goyder gets Qantas, Village Roadshow, out of town chairs, the biggest accumulated loss-makers and another challenge to Kevin Andrews?
July 9, 2018 – 3039 words

25. Rupert fronts his shareholders, Macquarie Group AGM, awful Ooh Media capital raising and some fun and games in the gambling industry
July 23, 2018 – 3364 words

26. Give Nine shareholders the vote, what's up with David Murray, executive payouts in takeovers and some big gambling developments at Crown and Woolworths
August 6, 2018 – 2615 words

27. Biggest ever assessment of board social issues in takeovers, who should go after the Royal Commission, Myer class action finally hits court and Fleetwood's awful capital raising
August 20, 2018 – 3879 words

28. Harvey Norman and Transurban capital raisings, Liberal governance problems, fast ASX and AGL AGMs and inside the Nine-Fairfax merger
September 3, 2018 – 3297 words

29. Special edition: remembering GFC capital raising deluge and what a contrast with Transurban!
September 18, 2018 – 4772 words

30. ABC governance snafu, Afterpay and Transurban capital raisings, Elon Musk and the Murdochs
October 1, 2018 – 3202 words

31. Nine-Fairfax merger, farewell Jack Tilburn, James Packer's investment record, rotten Harvey Norman capital raising and around the grounds of gambling issues
October 15, 2018 – 3550 words

32. Gerry Harvey, Worley raising, gambling AGMs, name changes and shareholder resolutions
October 29 2018 – 3124 words

33. Harold Mitchell, shareholder voting rights, a flurry of media AGMs, Worley Parsons capital raising and the Victorian election
November 19, 2018- 2800 words

34. AGM season wrap, last day laggards, Myer, Harvey Norman, Harold Mitchell and a look at the back catalogue
December 3 – 4422 words

2019: 29 columns

35. PC super report, chairman succession, Aristocrat, Costa dive, corporate divorces, CBA's PERLS XI, retirement payouts to director and the RCR Tomlinson collapse
January 14, 2019 – 4312 words

36. Australian Open, franking credits, Royal Commission, Village Roadshow, new CEOs who clear the decks and Menzies update
January 28, 2019 - 4113 words

37. Franking credits compromise, NAB chairman succession, Woolworths transparency, reporting season and Q&A
February 18, 2019 - 3691 words

38. Last day earnings rush, AGM mini season, punchy questions at Aristocrat AGM and doubts over Afterpay
March 4, 2019 - 3004 words

39. Corporate Travel shemozzle, Coles quits pokies, Afterpay, AMP, AGM mini-season, late reporters and the age debate
March 18, 2019 - 4000 words

40. Demergers, Dulux, capital raisings, Credit Corp and the AGM mini-season
April 24, 2019 - 5052 words

41. Newspaper sales, Nine's name, capital raisings, SPPs, Carnarvon Petroelum, demergers and more
May 2, 2019 - 3422 words

42. CEO payouts, AGM mini season, Credit Corp SPP and more
May 14, 2019 - 3473 words

43. Dexus disclosure coup, female chairs, Crown-Packer developments, St Barbara and a spate of placement
June 4, 2019 - 3454 words

44. Afterpay, Mirvac SPP, Woolies and pokies, GPT, prospective AGMs and St Barbara/Deutsche bank saga
July 8, 2019 - 3097 words

45. APRA, AMP, UBS, Matthew Grounds, Macquarie AGM, GPT SPP and more on the Woolies pokies demerger
July 18, 2019 - 3631 words

46. Macquarie AGM, Growthpoint SPP and Helen Coonan's ridiculous workload
July 30, 2019 - 6369 including transcript and 2389 without it

47. Transurban capital raising, AMP SPP, reporting season wrap, gambling developments
August 12, 2019

48. Macquarie raising, Transurban/AMP SPPs, Worner, Boral, Frydenberg and AFIC board tilt
August 29, 2019 - 4600 words

49. Macquarie, Transurban, Harvey Norman tilt, AMP SPP, last day laggards, directors who should go and small caps to watch
September 12, 2019 - 3930 words

50. Related party transaction, AMP SPP, Harvey Norman tilt, Crown directors and capital raisings wrap
September 24, 2019 - 1700 words

51. Latitude float, placement resolutions, small caps lacking SPPs and Ramsay Health Care board
October 1, 2019 - 2063 words

52. AFIC board tilt, Macquarie SPP, Latitude float and long serving directors who should go
October 10, 2019 - 1601 words

53. Transurban AGM, Bruce Teele, AMA and Kathmandu capital raisings and plenty more
October 15, 2019 - 2213 words

54. Treasury Wine Estates, Latitude, Harvey Norman capital raise, Kennett vs Faine, Village Roadshow AGM and Charles Goode
October 22, 2019 - 2700 words

55. Crown AGM, Harold Mitchell, Harvey Norman protests, Jeff Kennett and capital raisings wrap
October 29, 2019 - 2657 words

56. Westpac capital raising, Village Roadshow AGM, John Mullen, gambling wrap and shareholder resolutions
November 5, 2019 - 2966 words

57. Evans Dixon AGM, Westpac SPOP, last day AGM laggards and much more
November 12, 2019 - 2878 words

58. Harvey Norman tilt, Afterpay options, Nine AGM, Westpac SPP and Retail Food Group
November 19, 2019 - 3661 words

59. Westpac crisis, Harvey Norman AGM request, Mayne Pharma AGM and capital raisings wrap
November 26, 2019 - 2984 words

60. Exclusive: Stephen Mayne vs Gerry Harvey at Harvey Norman AGM
November 28, 2019 - 1700 words

61. Last day AGMs deluge, Harvey Norman update, Westpac chair, December AGMs and around the grounds of capital raisings
December 3, 2019 - 3000 words

62. Tangling with billionaire Rob Millner at Soul Patts, Westpac AGM, Village director, Altium AGM and more
December 10, 2019 - 3414 words

63. Woolies AGM, Westpac AGM/SPP, capital raising disclosure and rem strikes
December 17, 2019 - 2738 words

2020: 44 columns (switched from weekly to fortnightly after September 15 column leading into City of Manningham elections)

64. ESG commentary, bushfire relief and capital raising wrap
January 7, 2020

65. Bushfire relief, corporate giving, Aussie Super voting, NRW SPP scale back and more
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 2672 words

65. Whitehaven, News Corp shareholder resolutions, bushfire donations, Afterpay SPP and Rich List
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 2251 words

66. BHP coal demerger, Coonan Crowned, ASX listing rules, Afterpay SPP and the corrupting of grants
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 3207 words

67. A deluge of political donations, Jim Cramer, Emeco raising, Perpetual's ESG move, Australian
Ethical and more Rich Listers
- Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - 2667 words

68. Boral board accountability, JB Hi Fi chair succession, political donations, billionaires who should sell, Northern Star SPP, CIMIC and Rich Listers
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - 3182 words

69. Bendigo capital raising, Australian Ethical, IOOF hypocrisy, Woodside dramas and 5 more Rich Listers
Tuesday, February 17, 2020 - 2799 words

70. Aristocrat AGM, BHP's coal quandary, Orica SPP, Rich Listers and more
Tuesday, February 24, 2020 - 3297 words

71. Tracking last day results deluge, sold out of unmarketables, chairman buying, topping up portfolio, Rich Listers and more
Tuesday, March 2, 2020 - 3216 words

72. Markets latest, oil crunched, how to play crisis, under-invested chairs, Bendigo SPP and raft of shareholder resolutions
Tuesday, March 9, 2020 - 3330 words

73. Wall Street crashes 13%, unprecedented times, COVID-19 ASX announcements, short selling, Rich List and more
Tuesday, March 16, 2020 - 2779 words

74. Wall Street down again, cancelled dividends, capital raisings, short selling, CIMIC backed and Afterpay Rich Listers
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 3000 words

75. Don't expand placements Josh, capital raisings, buybacks, property write-downs, Covid-19 announcements and foreign ownership
Monday, March 30, 2020 - 3629 words

76. Capital raisings deluge, online AGMs, cancelled dividend and bank bad debts
Monday, April 6, 2010

77. Capital raisings, bank dividends, Covid-19 ASX announcements, online AGMs and gambling
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 - 4275 words

78. Virgin collapse, capital raisings, Auckland councillors strike back and Rich Listers
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 4072 words

79. NAB shafts retail, Virgin update, Reece overs, Southern Cross and capital raising updates
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 - 4898 words

80. Big bank capital raisings, unions all over Virgin, Cochlear scale back and plenty more
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - 4631 words

81. Macquarie delivers, iSignthis cops it, NABs big test, SPPs flooded and capital raising pipeline
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 5314 words

82. Class actions, SPP scale backs, Oil Search director snafu, COVID-19 continuous disclosure, capital raisings pipeline and Rich List
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 4693 words

83. Ramsay SPP, NAB scale back, capital raisings plays and Rich Listers getting diluted
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 3745 words

84. Pandemic AGMs, SPP refunds, NAB scale back, founders diluted, AFR defers Rich List
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 4371 words

85. Foreign ban, Kerry Stokes, Oohmedia placement, capital raisings and scale backs
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 - 4288 words

86. Bring Rio Tinto home, index changes, branch stacking, Macquarie scale back, Kogan, Super Retail, Crikey and Rich Listers
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 4700 words

87. Capital raisings getting worse, RSL Victoria, Macquarie tilt, ASA AGM, foreign ownership, Crikey archive and Rich Listers
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - 3913 words

88. Qantas capital raising, Macquarie tilt, Super Retail, foreign life insurers and Nine's unmarketable parcel offer
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 3900 words

89. Capital raising rules, Afterpay, Kogan, Woolworths pokies hit, Novonix and 9 new Rich Listers
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 4800 words

90. Wesfarmers dilution, Ausnet AGM, Macquarie's dodgy tick, Aussie Super's SPP problem, Qantas SPP extension and 3 new Rich Listers
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - 4091 words

91. Macquarie AGM preview, Downer raising rip-off, Qantas JobKeeper, Suncorp dilution, Tabcorp succession and 5 Rich Listers
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 - 4998 words

92. Macquarie AGM, Harold Mitchell, Estia Health, Super Retail, CommSec lending and Rich List
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 5343 words

93. CBA SPP pitch, Afterpay-Sezzle, Macquarie aGM, record dates, ACCC cartel case against ANZ, gambling wrap, 5 new Rich Listers & IOOF dumps Australian Ethical
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 - 5370 words

94. Sydney Airport PAITREO, Milton tilt, CBA DRP, Qantas SPP and Macquarie AGM climate change debate
Tuesday, August 17, 2020 - 5796 words

95. AMP board coup, Paula Dwyer, board tilts, Harold Mitchell appeal, Downer EDI shortfall, worst takeover deals and 5 new Rich Listers
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 6038 words

96. Last day deluge, Westfield and Myer, Pointsbet raising, Origin activism, SAFAA conference, ANZ chair and shareholder survey
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 - 6258 words

97. Is Victoria broke, IOOF debacle, scandal wrap, ESG, SPP Harvester, Pointsbet raising and Rich Listers
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 5547 words

98. Scandals wrap, JobKeeper boondogggle, SPP Harvester, PAITREOs wrap and new rich listers
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 4627 words

99. Budget, Packer examination, Pointsbet, Corporate Travel, Boral vs Stokes and 6 more Rich Listers
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 - 5437 words

100. Crown vs AUSTRAC, CBA's AGM censorship, Boral vs Stokes, ASX website, Kogan and Cochlear tilts and 5 new Rich Listers
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 5220 words

101. Directors Club, Crown and Cochlear AGMs, Worley and independent directors and upcoming AGMs
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - 4210 words

102. Hybrid AGMs, secret takeover bids, upcoming AGMs, Boral AGM, Brian McNamee for Vic Premier, Kogan name censorship and a Manningham surprise
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 - 5169 words

103. Hugh Marks exits, dethroning Rupert, Seven JobKeeper rorts, Ben Roberts Smith, Harvey Norman pay snafu and NextDC placement slap
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 5369 words

104. Billionaire AGM questions, Rupert, Gerry Harvey, Afterpay, Kogan board, upcoming AGMs and new Rich Listers
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 5928 words

105. Premier AGM, Bega, Rupert's gambling push, Rich List plus more
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - 4305 words

106. NAB AGM, Murdoch watch, time for Rio board coup, Soul Patts AGM and rent seeking Rich Listers
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 - 4198 words

2021: 25 columns

107. 2020 wrap, capital raisings rankings, PMP, ASX website, Afterpay Rich Listers, debut Pats and Whacks column, lists push
Tuesday, January 4, 2021 - 6200 words

108. Jobkeeper rorts, Murdoch watch, CBA bad boys, foreign ownership, Mark McInnes, David Webb and 5 new Richies
Tuesday, January 18, 2021, 5428 words

109. Gamestop fiasco, iron ore super profits, Murdoch insurrection, Goodman vs CBA, gambling donations and more
Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 4547 words

110. Crown, Eddie McGuire, Murdoch watch, Jobkeeper rorts, Seven profits, capital raisings and 5 new richies
Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 4881 words

111. Afterpay, Seven vs Cricket Australia, last day laggards, Wivenhoe settlement, Crown Royal Commission, CBA Macedon
Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 5436 words

112. BoQ rip off, Greensill, Afterpay, Seven vs Cricket, Macquarie's Texas play and Rupert turns 90
Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 5234 words

113. BoQ rip off, gender scandals, JobKeeper secrecy, Crown takeover and 10 new Rich Listers
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 5100 words

114. Climate wars, Computershare disclosure pitch, BoQ update, AMP goes female, Ben Roberts-Smith, Stokes-Boral, polly pay and 5 Richies
Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 5300 words

115. AMP pay scandal, Computershare transparency, Afterpay excesses, Justin Gardiner, IDP, Crown RC and Rich Listers
Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 5768 words

April 2021: MP starts

116. Crown takeover battle, Big Four bad debts, ASA annual report, Joe Longo and Rio AGM
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 6104 words

117. Carsales PAITREO, proxy advisers, Woolies and the pokies, NAB capital raising, CIMIC AGM and 12 new Rich Listers focusing on farmers
Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 4488 words

118. Rio board, class actions, proxy advisers, AFR Rich List, Collingwood, AFL boys club and Pendal SPP
Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 5165 words

119. Corporate free pass, Woolies EGM, Pendal SPP, Crikey archive and Stokes creeping
Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 4586 words

120. Sydney Airport bid, Big Oil shocker, early proxy disclosure, bad Tassie governance and 8 new Rich Listers
Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 4523 words

121. Takeover frenzy, Stokes v Boral, accessing share registers, Ausnet AGM, capital raising and 7 Rich Listers
Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 4900 words

122. Afterpay takeover, who got the RBA cash, Macquarie AGM, Stokes swallows Boral
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

123. Who got the RBA's cash, Soul Patts Milton merger, JobKeeper rorts, Wilson Leaders capital raising and Endeavour vs the ACCC
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 - submitted 3200 words, edited down to 2600

124. Ziggy goes to Crown, Boral and Stokes, BHP distributes Woodside shares, Pointsbet PAITREO
Tuesday, August 31, 2021 - submitted 2352 words, edited down to 2100

125. Farewell Milton, last day losses, return ASX to announcements primary and billionaire watch
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 - submitted 2270 words, 2165 published

126. AGL AGM, AGM season key asks and farewell John Elliott
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - submitted 2463 words, edited down to 2330.

127. AGM wrap, Blackmore battle, Sandfire capital raise and Stokes-BRS
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

128. AGM season wrap, Transurban and Aristocrat PAITREOs, Woolies buyback, AR dinosaurs
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

129. Macquarie headed for Big Four, JobKeeper disclosure, upcoming AGMs, wasteful annual report, profitable Chinese investments.
Tuesday, November 9, 2021

130. Macquarie SPP, Aristocrat-Crown takeover, AGM world record, 12 upcoming AGMs
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

131. Magellan implodes, Millner AGMs, Stevens takes Macquarie chair, AGM transcripts and pre-Christmas AGMs
Tuesday, December 14, 2021

2022: 24 columns

132. Murdoch legal breach, CSL SPP, pre-Christmas AGMs and James Hardie CEO sacking
Tuesday, January 11, 2022

133. BHP reunification, Crown takeover bid, News Corp breaks the law and proxy advisers warned on Magellan
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

134. Proxy advisers Senate push, political donations, capital raising wrap, Ausnet-Sydney Airport takeover meetings and Seven Group's helpfulness.
Tuesday, February 8, 2022

135. ACCC cartel case collapses, Josh proxy loss, CSL SPP outcome and democracy reform
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

136. Last day laggards, Aristocrat AGM, capital raisings wrap, Senex takeover and more on Magellan
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

137. BHP franking credits, AGL demerger, last day losers, retail investors shafted and RBA female governor?
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

138. Federal budget preview, Star CEO quits, Stanmore capital raising, Rio AGM preview and Senex takeover
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

139. Federal election wishlist, capital raising rip-offs, Scentre Group AGM and list of online AGMs
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

140. Musk v Twitter, luddite physical only AGMs, JB Hi Fi buyback, Ramsay bid and more capital raising shockers
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

141. Dodgy AGL demerger tactics, Twitter takeover, AGM action and capital raisings wrap (Paladin, AUB)
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

142. Corporate law reform, integrity Teals, Canberra windfalls for companies, AGM mini season wrap
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

143. New AGL directors, AGM mini season wrap, Labor's gambling baggage and Greg Hunt for CSL board
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

144. Crypto bubble, sack the RBA governor, energy mess, Ministerial jobs and June 30 reminder
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

145. Carsales capital raising shocker, what next for Packer, CSR AGM and Collection House collapse
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

146. ANZ PAITREO, Carsales rip-off, Macquarie hybrid, Eagers related party deal and CEO pay
Tuesday, July 19, 2022

147. Macquarie AGM, ACSI ESG conference, ANZ PAITREO and Djerriwarh SPP
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

148. Costello v Packer, fixing reporting season deluge, say on climate votes and OFX AGM
Tuesday, August 16, 2022

149. Sleepy ASIC, ANZ rights trading and gambling booms
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

150. Comparing Rupert and the Queen, MoneyMe capital raise, CSL and CBA dodge AGM scrutiny, Packer emails and last day losers
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

151. A time to buy, bad capital raisings, ASX AGM preview and Warren Anderson
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

152. AGL board contest, Essendon, Rupert's pay, Federal Court traffic, Atlas Arteria raise and TAC raid
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

153. Murdoch merger, printed annual reports, Atlas capital raise, WorkCover blowout and NACC submission
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

154. Murdoch silence, AGL ballot paper, voting disclosure, AGM season and NIB SPP
Monday, November 7, 2022

155. Pre-Christmas capital raisings, defending SEC break-up, a century of AGMs and Lachlan's avalanche of legal questions
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

2023: on track for 25

156. Aristocrat board tilt, Friedlander "serial pest" sledge, Domino's capital raising rip off and Arafura's special deal for Gina Rinehart
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

157. Rupert merger fails, Aristocrat plays dirty, Bellevue Gold SPP, political donations and farewell to David Mayne
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

158. Cashless pokies, political donations, Market Forces, BigtinCan and Imdex capital raisings and dad's Westpac AGM hit
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

159. Aristocrat AGM, Star's $800m raise and reporting season last day laggards
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

160. Carsales PAITREO, selective buybacks, Bruce Mathieson's pokies takeover and men who stay too long
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

161. Bank collapses, Star capital raising and Mathieson disclosures
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

162. AGM mini season, Carsales PAITREO, gambling rich listers and short serving female directors
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

163. Murdoch humiliation, dodgy AGM tactics, Bell AGM and National Storage capital raising
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

164. Budget preview, Moelis AGM, ERA, Rio, Fox, overboarding, Goyder and the Murdochs
Tuesday, May 9, 2023

165. Reece succession, Kyle's wedding, rich List and bad capital raisings
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

166. BRS, Stokes, gambling reforms, AGM mini season and capital raisings
Tuesday, June 6, 2023

167. ALGA gambling motion, PNG AGM, Appen and Infratil raisings and Medibank constitution
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

168. Launch of the NACC, BHP class actions, Pointsbet EGM and Infratil expands SPP
Tuesday, July 4, 2023

169. Hollowing out of the ASX, Dan's pokies reforms and capital raisings wrap
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

170. Macquarie AGM, premature bank AGMs, hollowing out of ASX, Street Talk briefings
Tuesday, August 1, 2023

172. CBA profit, Murdochs delay pay disclosure, NAB rejects AGM delay request, takeover frenzy and 9 $1b+ new resources company
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

173. APA capital raise, Stanley Ho's business partner, 70 years of Rupert deal-making
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

174. Qantas trouble, dodgy Orora capital raise, 29Metals, Harvey Norman dumped from ASX100
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 - MP ends

175. Murdoch succession, Goyder squibbs it, backing The Voice, APA and Orora capital raisings
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - 2,930 words published

176. Endeavour Group battle, more Murdoch pay atrocities, nationalising Transurban and AFIC AGM
Tuesday, October 9, 2023 - 3,587 words published

177. Endeavour battle, paying politicians, Mark Vaile Whitehaven record, AGM season and Gina's Liontown raid
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - 2,537 words

178. Qantas AGM, Endeavour outcome, TWE PAITREO, AGM season wrap and Gina's patriotism
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 3,129 words

179. Origin takeover cliff-hanger, capital raisings, AGM season and Rupert leaves the building
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 - 3,054 words

180. Origin bid fails, $170m TWE shortfall and 165 last day AGMs
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 3,590 words

181. Endeavour peace deal, annual wrap, slim capital raising pickings, NAB board tilts flops, Viet Dinh payout
Tuesday, January 3, 2024

182. Woolies vs Dutton, Blackrock buys GIP, dud floats, farewell Boart Longyear, AMP AGM asks and capital raising lists
Tuesday, January 17, 2024

183. Sigma shareholders shafted, billionaire watch, time for a new Woolies CEO, QBE and FleetPartners AGM
Tuesday, January 31, 2024

184. Metcash SPP, Transurban profit, Nufarm AGM, Elon Musk pay and Barnaby's drinking
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

185. Takeover frenzy, dwindling ASX listings, Aristocrat AGM, Metcash SPP and Boart Longyear's final disgrace
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

186. Takeover frenzy, last day laggards, Aussie Super vs retail investors, Metcash SPP and female CEOs
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

187. Orica shafts retail, takeover frenzy, over-taxed Australians, iron ore Rich Listers, RBA director selection
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

188. GG Mostyn, Austal takeover, shrinking ASX, Scentre AGM, Coles and Woolies property transparency, Goyder's Woodside tenure
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

189. Trump pay scandal, Boral falls, why Goyder should be booted from Woodside, time for Stokes to exit Seven and Bell Financial and AMP AGMs
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 5000 words

190. Deluge of placements, 15th month of ASX shrinkage, Rio and Woodside AGMs, Musk pay scandal and mini-season targets
Wednesday, May 8, 2024

191. Ansell SPP shafting, biggest ASX fines, GUD name changes, Ampol AGM and around the grounds of capital raisings
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

192. Nick Scali shafting, PSC Insurance, last day AGMs, chronology of corporate law reform and APM takeover
Wednesday, June 5, 2024

193. Tesla AGM, capital raisings wrap, Bapcor and Capitol Health takeovers, Marlay Spoon debacle and Nine gets a female chair
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

194. June 30 acrobatics, capital raising wrap, takeover social issues, Guzman slides and gambling CEO pay
Wednesday, July 3, 2024

195. How to fix the CFMEU, locking in hybrid AGMs, AUB tilt, Infratil SPP, takeover wrap and old media addition to gambling
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

196. Murdoch succession, Macquarie AGM, capital raisings wrap, CFMEU, US elections and much more
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

197. Directors study, Qantas governance, takeovers blitz, Indigenous directors and out of the money SPPs
Wednesday, August 14, 2024

198. ASIC v ASX, mass ASX delistings, last day laggards, ex CEOs who regret selling and $100m+ loss club
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

199. ASX delistings, $100m loss club, Star Entertainment, shrinking ASX and AGM season calendar
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

200. ASX delistings, SRG Global SPP shaftings, capital raising wrap, contested board tilts and AGM season calendar
Wednesday, October 9, 2024

201. 50 AGMs in 3 weeks, updated AGM calendar and another deluge of capital raisings
Wednesday, November 6, 2024

202. 88 AGMs in 4 weeks, 224 last day AGMs and a full capital raisings wrap
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

203. 2024 in review: a festival of takeovers, capital raisings and AGMs
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Overviews

The Saturday overview
August 12, 2017

Booming US markets, Donald Trump and Australian capital raisings - second guest Overview
January 13, 2018