November 2022
Incitec buys time as demerger plan splits investors
IPL boss Jeanne Johns is confident investors will back her plan to break up the fertiliser and explosives company, but dissenting voices remain.
- Peter Ker
March 2022
Supply chain crisis opens up career opportunities
Postgraduate education can help professionals better manage processes, solve problems more effectively and fast track career progression.
- Nicki Bourlioufas
October 2020
Investment tax break could be widened
Josh Frydenberg has asked Treasury and the Business Council of Australia to discuss options to extend the $26.7 billion plan to more companies that miss out.
- Jennifer Hewett and Tom McIlroy
August 2020
Melbourne lockdown won’t stop the beer flowing
CUB's brewery in Abbotsford, which makes Victoria Bitter, Carlton Draught and other brands for a big part of Australia, is deemed essential.
- Simon Evans
Billionaire Solomon Lew says Victoria should have acted sooner
The owner of Just Jeans, Jay Jays and Smiggle had already decided to shut their stores in Melbourne from July 8.
- Sue Mitchell, Simon Evans, Angela Macdonald-Smith, James Frost and James Fernyhough
June 2020
Dulux rides the Bunnings DIY boom
People stuck at home have been buying paint with gusto for mini-refurbishments in a sector about to undergo another shake-up.
- Simon Evans
May 2020
Treasury Wine hires Dulux CFO to drive dealmaking
It's a different form of liquid as the CFO from paint maker Dulux heads to the owner of Penfolds to drive strategy and M&A.
- Simon Evans
February 2020
- Exclusive
- Construction
Industrial builder seeks capital partner
Vaughan Constructions has completed over 2000 projects since it was founded in 1955. Deloitte's Xander Alpherts is leading the hunt for a capital partner.
- Larry Schlesinger
January 2020
Japan predicted to dominate inbound M&A
Readers watching the merger and acquisition space should keep a keen eye on Japan, which is likely to be the origin point of several takeover bids in the new year.
- Lucas Baird
December 2019
- Opinion
- Governance
The good, bad and ugly of corporate Australia in 2019
The departure of two big bank CEOs and chairmen says it's been yet another tough year for the top end of town.
- James Thomson
September 2019
McKinsey says local firms missing $20b profit pool
Being a ''fast follower'' makes sense for many Australian firms, but McKinsey & Co says $20 billion is going begging because of sloth on robotics and AI.
- Simon Evans
July 2019
Dulux falls to Nippon Paint as rival Haymes stands up
Dulux chairman labels it "a little bit of a sad day" as ownership heads offshore, with smaller rival Haymes draping itself in an Australian flag.
- Simon Evans
Directors, proxy firms talk 'go shop' in wake of DuluxGroup
DuluxGroup will depart the ASX-boards on Wednesday, when shareholders vote in favour of a $4.2 billion bid from Japan's Nippon Paint.
- Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald
May 2019
Rich Lister Tarascios to divest Dulux HQ as Docklands project emerges
Rich Listers the Tarascio family are divesting an older asset as they inject capital into a build-to-rent and hotel development at Docklands.
- Larry Schlesinger
Dulux says renovators will brush off any shift to ALP
Renovators and those doing regular maintenance paint jobs will keep on keeping on should Labor win Saturday's federal election, says the Dulux boss.
- Simon Evans
Dulux strikes $2m-a-year lease for new Perth warehouse
The new $27m distribution and storage facility at 4 Bickley Road in Maddington will developed by veteran industrial developer Michael Hodgson.
- Larry Schlesinger
Grant Samuel brushes up on Dulux value
Nine years after advising Dulux on a demerger, Grant Samuel is back to decide whether Nippon Paints' bid for the paint company is fair and reasonable.
- Simon Evans
April 2019
Break fee of $38m helps keep a lid on Dulux rival bidders
A break fee representing a quarter of Dulux's annual profits is an extra deterrent to any rival bid, along with the high price offered by Nippon Paints.
- Simon Evans
Dulux agrees to Nippon Paints' $3.8b takeover
Dulux boss Patrick Houlihan, who has been at the helm for 12 years, intends staying on after the $3.8 billion takeover by Nippon Paints.
- Simon Evans
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Dulux bid shows merits of demergers
Japan's Nippon Paint is paying a record earnings multiple for the company that was spun out of explosives group Orica almost 10 years ago.
- Tony Boyd
