Posts tagged "shareholders"

Australian companies are being taken over like never before, and the bid for AGL shows how schemes of arrangement are becoming more popular.

Catherine Ballantyne, partner at Madgwicks Lawyers, explains the different forms of shareholder disputes and how they can play out in the courts.

The shock dismissal of James Hardie boss Jack Truong is the latest in a series of previously unthinkable public terminations of CEOs over their behaviour.

Late last year, the head of Australia Post's sole shareholder, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, labelled part of Christine Holgate's conduct “disgraceful and not on”.

Legal bank robbery: when BOQ hurriedly made shareholders 'an offer they can't refuse', investment banks raked in millions.

Can shareholder agreement restraints, such as non-compete obligations, undertakings not to poach and trademark guidelines, be enforced?

By Kerrie Sadiq and Bronwyn McCredie, Queensland University of Technology

Treasurer Scott Morrison is quick to spruik the shareholder ben…

By Emma Koehn and Dominic Powell. 

Collapsed consumer electronics retailer Dick Smith will be subject to a class action lawsuit after th…

By David Peetz and Georgina Murray, Griffith University

When people say share ownership is highly diversified, they think most large pu…

By Jackson Stiles

The revelation that Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour is being paid $5.6 million a year has sparked fresh out…

By Barry Oliver, The University of Queensland

Overconfident chief executives tend to lead to less corporate social responsibility in a c…

Executive bonuses can be touchy topics, but one Australian fund manager has withdrawn a proposed $10 million “crazy or death clause” fro…