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This Month
Why Rio Tinto is worth more than its $130 price tag
Maple-Brown Abbott’s Emma Pringle is betting the iron ore giant’s share price has more room to run. She’s also bullish on Healius despite a shaky 12 months.
- Joanne Tran
G8 Education board faces investor scepticism over Star links
The biggest for-profit operator of childcare also revealed some problems had struck a controversial deal to offload underperforming centres.
- Liam Walsh
March
Childcare giant G8’s $46m ‘no admission’ settlement
Even with insurance, shareholders will still take a hefty hit after the board decided to settle for “commercial” reasons.
- Updated
- Liam Walsh
- Analysis
- Due diligence
G8 tries to escape childcare’s returns quagmire
The biggest listed player in childcare posted better profit results. But after years in the shareholder doldrums, many hurdles to consistent profit loom.
- Liam Walsh
February
G8 raises childcare fees as chief executive collects $3m in pay
The Gold Coast-based group, which has more than 400 centres, said the price rise was linked to higher wage and supply costs – although margins could increase.
- Liam Walsh
PE-backed childcare operator slams ‘lazy’ non-profit rivals
Charity-backed childcare group Goodstart has been slammed by private equity rival Guardian, which claims its commercial discipline is faltering.
- Liam Walsh
January
Childcare boss in $26m deal in hot water after liquidation
Genius Childcare wants to acquire 31 centres from sector giant G8, but a liquidation of another childcare venture puts its director in the spotlight.
- Liam Walsh
November 2023
Goodstart slides deeper into red as ACCC flags more sector regulation
Childcare operators are facing a squeeze from higher bills including rent, plus a workforce shortage. There are some positive factors too.
- Liam Walsh
October 2023
ACCC eyes high costs of big-chain childcare
Citing the Commonwealth budget impact, the regulator is looking at why some subsidised players – like those with high debt – have big costs.
- Liam Walsh and Euan Black
August 2023
Childcare giant G8 says skills shortage meant turning away parents
Earnings were up in the company’s 430 centres but it said it had been forced to limit enrolments at about 50 centres.
- Liam Walsh and Jenny Wiggins
July 2023
- Opinion
- Competition
Maybe childcare staff need fewer degrees?
Staffing and education rules contribute to costs that make it harder for mothers to return to the workforce.
- Aaron Patrick
June 2023
Childcare giant G8 unveils second fee increase in six months
The move is blamed on higher costs including labour and rent, but arrives ahead of the Albanese government’s new childcare subsidies beginning July.
- Liam Walsh
March 2023
Should shareholdings by a director’s spouse be disclosed?
When a bank CEO’s husband bought shares, it revealed a little-known aspect of markets: trades of a director’s spouse do not always need market disclosure.
- Updated
- Liam Walsh
February 2023
Childcare giant G8 offers more holidays to keep staff
Labour costs are spiking amid a shortage of childcare workers, in another sign of inflationary pressures.
- Liam Walsh
Where the great mining boom will end
While minerals will remain in demand for decades, investors will need to be careful about which ones they back.
- Stewart Oldfield
CEOs flock to China as political hostilities fade
After a long hiatus due to COVID-19 and a diplomatic downturn, Australian business leaders are returning to China in droves. Many remain cautious, however, about the risks involved.
- Michael Smith
January 2023
Childcare giant whacks parents with double-digit fee rises
Australia’s biggest ASX-listed operator G8 is blaming inflationary and workforce pressures for the rise. Some parents are unhappy.
- Updated
- Liam Walsh
December 2022
Childcare will avoid gas-style price controls: G8 Education
What will happen as the ACCC reviews price regulations for the childcare sector, and the federal government introduces shock controls for gas pricing?
- Liam Walsh
September 2022
How millions were made (and lost) in childcare gold rush
Shares in one of Australia’s biggest childcare operators have tumbled since an acquisition spree. Yet, the landlords of some centre made multimillion dollar windfalls, The Australian Financial Review can reveal.
- Liam Walsh and Jonathan Shapiro
Building cost blowout could rein in childcare centre rush
Childcare giant G8 Education anticipates spiralling construction costs could slow the building of new centres, reducing the overload of facilities which has been sapping sector profits.
- Liam Walsh
