The owner of Ticketek has emerged as a key chess piece in a fresh round of deal-making involving Australia's biggest media companies and global buyout funds.
Where ICAC has been a poisoned chalice for some — from Eddie Obeid to its former commissioner Megan Latham — one man is doing fine.
Private equity giant KKR has lowered its bid for accounting software platform MYOB to $3.40 a share.
Ben Gray's BGH Capital was rejected by its targets twice in one morning.
The return of a private equity bid for Healthscope has been perfectly timed to put its board under pressure at this week's annual meeting.
A major stoush is looming over the future of the country's richest agricultural operation,with several high-powered international parties circling the sprawling Consolidated Pastoral cattle.