This Month
- Investigation
- Rich List
For this Rich Lister, does the reality live up to the hype?
Property mogul and entrepreneur Shaun Bonett has a fortune of more than $2 billion, according to the Rich List. Those valuations might not live up to the hype.
- Primrose Riordan and Nick Bonyhady
April
- Investigation
- Shares
Broking bad: ASIC ‘threat’ fears about Morgans revealed
The corporate cop dealt with problems brewing at leading stockbroker Morgans for three years before a public crackdown. New documents detail the scale of its concern.
- Liam Walsh
- Investigation
- Food & drink
Jon Adgemis’ high-wire act is coming unstuck
The former KPMG dealmaker burst onto the hospitality sector after buying up a string of venues. Huge debts and angry lenders are threatening to push it over.
- Primrose Riordan and Sarah Thompson
- Opinion
- Opinion
James Mawhinney’s surveillance game of cat and mouse
While the Financial Review was following James Mawhinney’s investment schemes, it turns out he was trying to follow us.
- Jonathan Shapiro
March
- Investigation
- Retail
Cettire’s Texas hold ’em reveals questions about the value of luxury
The red-hot ASX-listed retailer appears to have one figure for customs and another for customers when it comes to its products.
- Jonathan Shapiro and Carrie LaFrenz
- Investigation
- Gaming & wagering
Laurence Escalante is living large off controversial gambling billions
At 42, he is one of the country’s youngest billionaires. But Virtual Gaming Worlds investors hoping for a big payday are increasingly concerned it may not come.
- Updated
- Primrose Riordan and Zoe Samios
- Investigation
- Retail
We spent $1300 shopping at Cettire. Here’s what happened
It’s the buzziest stock on the ASX, thanks to “eye-watering” sales and wide margins. Customer reviews aren’t all so glowing. What’s behind the success?
- Jonathan Shapiro and Carrie LaFrenz
February
- Investigation
- Mining
The country’s most secretive billionaires are about to get much richer
Angela Bennett never wanted the family business. The daughter of prospector Peter Wright almost sold it all. Now it’s about to become a bonanza.
- Primrose Riordan and Tom Rabe
- Investigation
- Insolvency
The $7b hangover: How IAG was sucked into Lex Greensill’s vortex
One of Australia’s most expensive corporate fights is in court. But how did the insurer targeted in the cases become entangled?
- Liam Walsh and Jenny Wiggins
January
Kingscliff hedge fund impostor found dead in Sydney hotel
Ken Grace, the man who created an award-winning hedge fund that raised money from sports stars and locals from Kingscliff, has been found dead.
- Jonathan Shapiro and Liam Walsh
- Investigation
- IPO
The cricket star, the drinks founder and a deal turned bitter
Entrepreneur Raj Beri hired former Test cricket captain Michael Clarke to help market his company and attract investors. Now, Innovation Beverage Group, the company he founded, is seeking to list on the Nasdaq, and is trying to raise more money from investors.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Max Mason
- Investigation
- Payments
Airwallex sought way around Hong Kong anti-money laundering rules
The chief executive of the payments giant, backed by Tencent, asked staff if it was possible to “remove” a requirement of customer vetting, messages show.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird and Jonathan Shapiro
December 2023
- Investigation
- Greens
Libs and Labor should put the Greens last over antisemitism
Australia’s elites in business, the media, and our cultural institutions have for too long humoured the Greens. It’s time for that to stop.
- John Roskam
November 2023
- Investigation
- AFR Magazine
The bizarre group of politicians who flew economy to free Assange
Barnaby Joyce, who says he doesn’t “terribly like” Julian Assange, is in an alliance of odd political bedfellows campaigning for the WikiLeaks editor’s release.
- James Curran
- Investigation
- Cyprus Confidential
Emails show PwC helped Russians dodge sanctions
Leaked documents reveal how accounting giant PwC’s Cyprus arm scrambled to help Russian oligarchs stay ahead of sanctions in the days after the Ukraine invasion.
- Neil Chenoweth
- Opinion
- Interest rates
How the states are pushing up mortgage rates
Big infrastructure builds and the migration surge are adding to inflation pressure on the Reserve Bank.
- John Kehoe
September 2023
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Buffett-like Lew nails Australia’s inflation challenge
Solomon Lew says the government needs to help battered consumers. But he’s seeing past a tougher environment to chase growth with Peter Alexander and Smiggle.
- James Thomson
August 2023
- Investigation
- Big four
Aussie citizens cut off by big banks on false terrorism charges
Sydney man Mehmet Saral is among a dozen people in Australia who have been cut off by ANZ, CBA and Westpac after being falsely labelled by Turkey as a terrorist.
- Max Mason
- Investigation
- Regulation
The $500m debacle: How insurer IAG missed risk warnings
An algorithm that minimised premium falls or rises when policies were renewed put a regulatory minefield underneath some of Australia’s brightest finance stars.
- Liam Walsh
July 2023
- Opinion
- Social media
Conscripting big tech to fight disinformation is no threat to free speech
Claims the government’s bill is about censorship not only misunderstands it but also illustrates a naive understanding of the threats to society and democracy.
- Rod Sims
