March
Woodside, HSBC, Seek sign up to young professionals in Asia program
The companies are first to sign up to a placement program for professionals under 40 between ASEAN countries, as recommended by Nicholas Moore.
- Patrick Durkin
- Exclusive
- Foreign relations
Australia in peril unless it seizes South-East Asia future: business
Australia invests more in New Zealand than it does in South-East Asia. That needs to change.
- Andrew Tillett
January
Nicholas Moore-chaired start-up Willow back in front of investors
The company did not respond to our query about whether the raise was undertaken at a lower valuation.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
November 2023
- Opinion
- Pop culture
Thank Nicholas Moore for ‘NCIS: Sydney’ which you’ve already paid for
An Australian version of the popular US show debuts on Friday. Why has it been funded by the federal government?
- Aaron Patrick
Nicholas Moore on how to get in early on the next big growth story
Former Macquarie CEO Nicholas Moore proposes an atypical use of large-scale government financing facilities and political risk insurance to encourage corporate investment in SE Asia.
- Updated
- Jennifer Hewett
October 2023
PwC’s ashes smoulder | Energy transition stalls | Who will be Qantas’ chairman?
In this week’s episode, James and Anthony look at the future of the big four consulting firms after the PwC tax leaks scandal, the tough reality of a faltering energy transition, and ask who should be the next chairman of Qantas.
September 2023
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Australia’s endless rediscovery of engagement with Asia
The Moore Report points Australian businesses in the right direction towards South-East Asia, but will they take the bait?
- James Curran
Why Nicholas Moore says taxpayers should back Asian business ventures
Political risk insurance and streamlined foreign investment approvals are among 75 recommendations to boost trade and investment with South-East Asia.
- Phillip Coorey
June 2023
Business leaders take out King’s Birthday honours
Entertainer Barry Humphries, long-time Labor MP Jenny Macklin and medical researchers Caroline Bower and Glenda Halliday topped the awards.
- Tom McIlroy
May 2023
Nicholas Moore ‘happy’ with less frequent reviews of ASIC, APRA
Funding for the watchdog set up to review the regulators following the Hayne royal commission was slashed in Tuesday’s budget.
- Hannah Wootton
March 2023
This company found the miracle cancer cure – then dropped it
Qbiotics’ big discovery was enough to lure Rick Holliday-Smith and Nicholas Moore. Last month that research was suddenly abandoned.
- Aaron Patrick
February 2023
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why the new book about Macquarie doesn’t have to be a racy thriller
The first unauthorised history of Macquarie Group goes into granular detail about the personalities and decisions that turned it into the Millionaires’ Factory.
- Tony Boyd
- Exclusive
- South-East Asian economy
Nicholas Moore pulls in top execs to help crack South-East Asia
Australia’s new south-east Asia envoy has created a brains trust with top execs from Macquarie, Australia Post and Monash University.
- Emma Connors
January 2023
- Exclusive
- Foreign relations
Ex-Macquarie boss says China is not our only Asia option
Australian businesses will have to decide whether to swing back to China if Beijing reopens to exporters or continue to pursue market share in Southeast Asia, says Nicholas Moore.
- John Kehoe
December 2022
Nicholas Moore-chaired proptech Willow fires 99 workers to curb costs
Property and infrastructure software start-up Willow, which is backed by ex Macquarie Group boss Nicholas Moore, has laid off 22 per cent of it full-time staff and contractors amid the technology sector’s valuation woes.
- Kanika Sood
Digital twin start-up Willow banks $40m, funded into 2024
Digital twins start-up Willow’s seen the best and worst of funding market conditions. Now it’s trying to make the most of a fresh equity injection.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
Rick Holliday-Smith’s erratic chairmanship
The silly season is definitely under way for the former ASX chairman.
- Michael Roddan
November 2022
Nicholas Moore-chaired start-up Willow preps raise; valuation drops
Nicholas Moore-chaired property and infrastructure software start-up Willow is sounding investors for a small equity raising at a big valuation cut.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
‘Great potential’ for Australian business in SE Asia: Moore
The former Macquarie Bank boss is ‘delighted’ with his new role as special envoy to South-East Asia.
- Emma Connors
October 2022
Rob Luciano’s deflating punt on Nicholas Moore’s Willow
VGI Partners chief investment officer gave shareholders a window into his wisdom at Thursday’s telecast update.
- Michael Roddan
