Stephen Mayne
Journalist and Crikey founder @MayneReport
Stephen Mayne founded Crikey in February 2000, and has remained as a contributor since selling it in 2005. He’s a former political staffer and local government councillor who also pursues shareholder advocacy as a two-time former director of the Australian Shareholders’ Association. He also spent two years working for the Alliance for Gambling Reform.
James Packer gave his support to Daniel Andrews during the election campaign, and now it seems it's time to pay the piper.
As the biggest financier of fossil fuels in Australia, ANZ can't afford to conceal its role in GHG emissions from shareholders.
Sydney-based utilities company DUET Group have consistently shafted retail investors while raising millions in capital after the GFC.
Why has Rupert Murdoch taken the unusual step of selling over $100 million worth of his voting shares in 21st Century Fox? Crikey founder Stephen Mayne and business commentator Glenn Dyer explain.
The Labor Left is very good and making costly promises, but will it be able to keep them without breaking the bank?
A lot of Australian retail shareholders don’t bother to vote because they feel swamped by institutional shareholders, but new ASX rules could change that.
Companies have until five weeks out from the end of the year to hold their AGMs, and guess what? More than 200 of them held them on the very last day possible.
It was a colourful year for AGMs, with attempted coups and some big names departing.
Cabcharge AGMs tend to attract aggressive taxi industry operators who behave in ways that would make Travis Bickle blush. So yesterday's full-frontal assault on rival company Uber was of little surprise.
What the Herald Sun wants, it gets. But should politicians be bullied by a Murdoch tabloid into big spending commitments five days out from an election?
