PwC’s government business gets new name after $1 sale to private equity

PwC’s government business gets new name after $1 sale to private equity

PwC Australia’s government business will become a new company called Scyne Advisory,having been offloaded to private equity firm Allegro Funds in a $1 fire sale.

  • byJessica Yun andMiriam Steffens

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Dividend-tax trades were criminal and ‘blatant’ money grab,German court says

Dividend-tax trades were criminal and ‘blatant’ money grab,German court says

Cum-Ex trading,which involved dozen of global banks including Macquarie Bank,was illegal and can be punished as crimes,Germany’s top criminal court ruled.

  • byJosefine Fokuhl,Karin Matussek,Miriam Steffens andClancy Yeates
‘Big Wave (Dave)’:Vale David Leckie 1951-2021

‘Big Wave (Dave)’:Vale David Leckie 1951-2021

Former Seven and Nine boss David John Leckie was one of Australia’s most feared,admired and beloved television executives.

  • byZoe Samios andMiriam Steffens
ACCC raises concerns about $40m sale of Pacific Magazines to Bauer

ACCC raises concerns about $40m sale of Pacific Magazines to Bauer

Australia's competition watchdog said the merger of the nation's two biggest magazine publishers could lead to lower quality content and higher copy prices.

  • byJennifer Duke andMiriam Steffens
G8 Education slashes profit forecast for second time,shares tank

G8 Education slashes profit forecast for second time,shares tank

Childcare services provider G8 has shocked investors with its second profit warning in three months,blaming the downgrade on weaker-than-expected occupancy rates.

  • byDavid Scutt andMiriam Steffens
Pact appoints ex-BlueScope executive as CEO after its shock result

Pact appoints ex-BlueScope executive as CEO after its shock result

The embattled manufacturer has hired former steel executive Sanjay Dayal to revive its fortunes after reporting a $320 million half-year loss in February.

  • byNick Toscano andMiriam Steffens
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MYOB rejects investor push to call off $2 billion takeover by KKR

MYOB rejects investor push to call off $2 billion takeover by KKR

The accounting software firm has knocked back calls from a new major shareholder to no longer back the takeover bid by private equity giants KKR.

  • byMiriam Steffens
'It's been a good journey. Now deliver on the destination.'

'It's been a good journey. Now deliver on the destination.'

The royal commission hearings have ended after 69 days of damaging revelations,which showed how the big banks got away with bad behaviour for so long.

  • bySarah Danckert andMiriam Steffens&Clancy Yeates
'Ratchet up the mongrel':APRA vows to get tougher on the banks

'Ratchet up the mongrel':APRA vows to get tougher on the banks

A paper discussing APRA's supervision of the Commonwealth Bank recommends the regulator shows more bite - and that's what APRA intends to do,says its boss.

  • bySarah Danckert andMiriam Steffens&Clancy Yeates
ANZ CEO to the chairman of the board:Pay me less!

ANZ CEO to the chairman of the board:Pay me less!

ANZ boss Shayne Elliott revealed at the royal commission that he asked the bank’s chairman,David Gonski,to lower his remuneration by 22 per cent.

  • bySarah Danckert andMiriam Steffens&Clancy Yeates
Regulating the regulator:'Where is the intellectual rigour?'

Regulating the regulator:'Where is the intellectual rigour?'

Right to the end it remained hard going for ASIC boss James Shipton,who had to defend the fact it opened new senior positions to internal candidates only.

  • byMiriam Steffens