Office landlords defy market conditions with new lease deals
Commercial real estate

Office landlords defy market conditions with new lease deals

Leading office landlords are defying the pandemic-hit market with a swath of new lease deals in the premium-grade echelon,albeit with higher incentive packages to entice tenants to get workers to return to the City-based properties.

  • byCarolyn Cummins

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AMP’s own-goal mastery reaches epic levels with its failed plan to sell itself
Opinion
Mergers&acquisitions

AMP’s own-goal mastery reaches epic levels with its failed plan to sell itself

Had this company not blown up so much capital over the past few years,its mounting pile of conduct and cultural mistakes could almost be comical.

  • byElizabeth Knight
AMP chief vows to ‘stay the course’ as shares slump over collapsed takeover
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Earnings season

AMP chief vows to ‘stay the course’ as shares slump over collapsed takeover

US investment firm Ares withdrew its bid for AMP late on Wednesday,the wealth giant announced alongside its 2020 results,sending its stock tanking.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Longstanding AMP investor decries ‘pretty woeful’ performance after selling out
Stock picking

Longstanding AMP investor decries ‘pretty woeful’ performance after selling out

AMP’s share price is more than 158 per cent lower than when it was first listed on the ASX in 1999. Argo Investments has had enough.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
'Significant damage':Powerful investor group lashes corporate Australia amid IOOF harassment claims
MeToo movement

'Significant damage':Powerful investor group lashes corporate Australia amid IOOF harassment claims

The powerful institutional investor advisory group ACSI says sexual harassment in the workplace is unacceptable.

  • bySarah Danckert
Former Cbus chief Atkin joins AMP Capital
Executive shake-up

Former Cbus chief Atkin joins AMP Capital

Former Cbus chief executive David Atkin will join the leadership at AMP Capital,months after it was plagued by investor outrage over a botched sexual harassment complaint.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
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Disposable city? Shameful to bulldoze buildings in climate emergency
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Architecture

Disposable city? Shameful to bulldoze buildings in climate emergency

Before we rush to bulldoze ageing buildings,think of the carbon,say a growing group of architects,engineers and builders.

  • byJulie Power
'It still happens':Sexism,inappropriate conduct rife in corporate Australia despite progress
Sexism

'It still happens':Sexism,inappropriate conduct rife in corporate Australia despite progress

Senior female board directors say there are still serious problems of abuse of power and sexual misconduct in companies but shareholders are driving change.

  • byCara Waters
Mixed response on $6.4b takeover bid for AMP
Mergers&acquisitions outlook

Mixed response on $6.4b takeover bid for AMP

The offer lobbed by AMP's US suitor,Ares,far exceeds the price tag analysts had placed on the troubled wealth manager.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
'AMP destroyed me':Former planners demand inquiry
Financial planners

'AMP destroyed me':Former planners demand inquiry

Politicians from both sides of the aisle have condemned AMP's treatment of its planners. Now one has spoken out to demand an inquiry.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
AMP soars after takeover bid from US firm Ares
Company mergers

AMP soars after takeover bid from US firm Ares

Less than two months after announcing it was exploring options to splinter the group,AMP has received a takeover bid from US private equity firm Ares.

  • byCharlotte Grieve