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Radiology giant I-MED prepped for $3b ASX debut; advisers in
20+ hour, 34+ min ago (178+ words) I-MED's owner has mandated Sydney-based corporate advisory firm Reunion Capital Partners to help prepare for an IPO, which is expected to land in mid-2026. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. London-headquartered private equity firm Permira is weighing an initial public offering of its $3 billion radiology business I-MED, after the bids received from Macquarie Asset Management and Bain Capital in last year's auction fell short of its expectations. I-MED boss Dr Shrey Viranna. Edwina Pickles Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Sydney perfected this restaurant " now it's Melbourne's turn to enjoy The Emirati princess running Sydney's Biennale speaks out What's the difference between lab-grown and real diamonds? Career advice that actually works, from a $2.5b company CEO Australia's 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2025 revealed Why more company directors need to speak out Hopeless at finding your…...
Revealed: Australia’s best accounting firms in 2025
5+ hour, 28+ min ago (167+ words) The Financial Review list shows the country's largest accounting firms are racing to deploy artificial intelligence across their businesses." Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. The Australian Financial Review Top 100 Accounting Firms for 2025 shows that the country's largest firms are racing to deploy artificial intelligence across their businesses. The aim is to slash operating costs and spend less time on routine compliance and more on client advice. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Sydney perfected this restaurant " now it's Melbourne's turn to enjoy The Emirati princess running Sydney's Biennale speaks out What's the difference between lab-grown and real diamonds? Career advice that actually works, from a $2.5b company CEO Australia's 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2025 revealed Why more company directors need to speak out Hopeless at finding your belongings? This gadget is here to…...
How this accounting firm doubled female partner numbers in five years
15+ hour, 47+ min ago (200+ words) Walker Wayland partner Kate Douglass says new parents can be those who want a full break or those who call in after a few months desperate for adult connection. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Not all women want the same things. Understanding this is what partner Kate Douglass says is the "secret sauce" that helped accounting firm Walker Wayland nearly double its female partnership share in five years. When it comes to parental leave, some staff want a full break but there are others who call in after a few months, "bored out of [their] brain" and desperate for adult connection, Douglass says. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. This Sydney restaurant is making a long-awaited Melbourne debut The Emirati princess running Sydney's Biennale speaks out What's the difference between…...
CSL ASX: CSL rout hits Australia’s biggest large cap investors
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (209+ words) Some of Australia's biggest fund managers have been among the most exposed to the sharp decline in CSL's shares. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Some of Australia's largest cap investors have been caught on the wrong side of one of the year's most crowded trades after piling into CSL as an alternative to holding a big position in Commonwealth Bank. CSL has become the most common blue-chip stock to overweight across major portfolios when funds looked to reduce their exposure to Australia's biggest bank. The pharmaceutical giant plunged by double digits last month on the same day as it cut its full-year earnings and revenue forecasts. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Sydney perfected this restaurant " now it's Melbourne's turn to enjoy The Emirati princess running Sydney's Biennale speaks out…...
Green projects held up by objectors hundreds of kilometres away
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (373+ words) Small groups of anti-renewables campaigners are flooding the NSW planning approvals process with time-sapping objections, some not even from the mainland. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Small groups of anti-renewables campaigners are delaying key clean energy projects in NSW by flooding planning approval applications with objections despite living more than 50 kilometres of the proposed developments " and sometimes from as far away as Tasmania. Under NSW laws, major developments can be pushed back by more than six months if their planning applications receive more than 50 unique objections, which triggers a referral to the state's Independent Planning Commission. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Sydney perfected this restaurant " now it's Melbourne's turn to enjoy The Emirati princess running Sydney's Biennale speaks out What's the difference between lab-grown and real diamonds? Career advice…...
Woodside, Timor-Leste in breakthrough Sunrise LNG co-operation deal
15+ hour, 23+ min ago (400+ words) The two parties will jointly study an LNG project in the South-East Asian nation, although significant doubts persist as to how it could be economic. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Woodside Energy has struck a deal with the Timor-Leste petroleum ministry to work together towards an LNG project that would be built in the South-East Asian nation, breathing fresh life into the long-stalled Sunrise gas development. The complex, which would cost several billion dollars based on similar projects, would involve a 5 million tonne-per-year LNG plant, a domestic gas facility and a helium extraction unit. Now called TLNG, production could start as early as 2032-35, subject to approvals and economics. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Sydney perfected this restaurant " now it's Melbourne's turn to enjoy The Emirati princess running Sydney's Biennale…...
After the ASX’s quiet bear market, Goldman’s hunting 13 stock bargains
10+ hour, 48+ min ago (181+ words) The past six weeks have brought one of the sharpest reversals in unprofitable growth shares in recent history. Here's what the bank favours among the unloved. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Is the threat of a correction on the ASX now fading? After the benchmark index slumped 7.5 per cent between October 21 and November 21, a nice bounce on Monday is likely to be followed by another good day on Tuesday, after the big tech stocks led a rebound on Wall Street. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Sydney perfected this restaurant " now it's Melbourne's turn to enjoy The Emirati princess running Sydney's Biennale speaks out What's the difference between lab-grown and real diamonds? Career advice that actually works, from a $2.5b company CEO Australia's 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2025 revealed Why more company directors…...
This Sydney restaurant is making a long-awaited Melbourne debut
15+ hour, 47+ min ago (201+ words) Junda Khoo takes Malaysian food upscale at the new Ho Jiak, and it's reeling in bigger spends and loads of corporate bookings. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Three floors, three restaurants and one small lift? It's hard not to wonder what Junda Khoo was thinking when he spent $7million on moving his successful Ho Jiak restaurant brand from Sydney to Melbourne " and made it so difficult to access. It turns out the lift is a metaphor. Khoo is elevating his beloved northern Malaysian food to a level rarely seen in Melbourne " and he's not taking everyone along for the ride. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. This Sydney restaurant is making a long-awaited Melbourne debut The Emirati princess running Sydney's Biennale speaks out What's the difference between lab-grown and real diamonds?...
Joyce defends burqa stunt as One Nation defection plan firms
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (359+ words) Barnaby Joyce has ignored pleas to reconsider his potential One Nation defection and says he'll make his decision at the end of this week. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Barnaby Joyce has defended Pauline Hanson's decision to wear a burqa in the Senate as he ignored pleas from his Nationals colleagues to rethink his plans to defect to One Nation. Joyce, who dined with Hanson on Monday night in her office, where his defection was discussed, said on morning radio he would make a decision on his future at the end of the week. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Sydney perfected this restaurant " now it's Melbourne's turn to enjoy The Emirati princess running Sydney's Biennale speaks out What's the difference between lab-grown and real diamonds? Career advice that actually…...
James Packer has a point about government’s gambling hypocrisy
15+ hour, 24+ min ago (211+ words) Crooks have benefited by being able to wash their ill-gotten gains in thousands of less-scrutinised venues compared with the bright lights of high-profile casinos. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. James Packer's trademark personal attack on Daniel Andrews has grabbed the headlines. Yet some of the more serious points the billionaire made about the contradictions in gambling regulation also deserve attention. Packer's childish denigration of Andrews as "human filth" in an interview with Rampart was the result of the former Victorian premier's decision to break a commitment not to increase poker machine taxes three weeks before the June 2022 sale of Crown Resorts' casinos to US private equity firm Blackstone. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Sydney perfected this restaurant " now it's Melbourne's turn to enjoy The Emirati princess running Sydney's Biennale…...