What I've been up to lately

Saturday: transcript from Productivity Commission appearance available.

Thursday: ploughed $40,000 into capital raising offers from ANZ, Karoon Gas and Fantastic Holdings.

Wednesday: sold $70,000 worth of shares to kick off new financial year - see updated list of all trades.

Tuesday: regular council meeting - gave Westfield a big spray for over-reaching on 10-level apartment tower proposal which was unanimously rejected by council and the officers.

Monday: another piece on capital raising profits for Fairfax's BusinessDay websites then attended special council meeting to approve budget, 5-year financial plan and 4-year council plan.

Saturday: was a guest on The Party Show on RRR Melbourne discussing the end of one one of the most turbulent financial years in memory. Listen to edited highlights.

Friday: member edition sent out highlighting great Macquarie Leisure arbitrage opportunity open until close of trading on Monday. Check it out here. Lively new video on history of engagement with The Chaser boys and a new animation from The Mayne Report's resident cartoonist Mark Cornwall

Thursday: lecture to the stockmarket class at the University of the Third Age in East Doncaster, advisory council meeting on aquatic facility and presentation to volunteers at The Manningham Centre nursing home.

Wednesday: appeared for one hour before Productivity Commission hearing on executive pay. Regular chat with Lindy Burrns on 774 ABC Melbourne. Cameo appearance on The Chaser and speech to Doncaster branch of National Seniors Association.

Tuesday: fourth installment of this major series on capital raisings for Fairfax websites. Sold 7407 Stockland shares at $3.01. Panel discussion at lunch forum for Victorian public servants about spin doctors and after dinner speech to 60 corporate spin doctors.

Monday: happy outcome from Billabong capital raising - see full list of plays.

Friday: represented Manningham Mayor Charles Pick at Veneto Club President's dinner. Back in 2002 they produced this spoof obituary in their Chaser Annual.

Thursday: profitable partial exit from Stockland plus see today's version of world's biggest small portfolio.

Wednesday: happy exits from Santos and Seek. Regular chat with Lindy Burns on 774 ABC Melbourne about the world of finance.

Tuesday: another big piece on capital raising profits for Fairfax's BusinessDay websites and click here to see all our trades so far in 2009. Check out the latest member updates. Another cracking email edition sent out this afternoon.

Monday: another 25 trades playing the tax-losses and capital raisings game.

Friday: more busy trading after another good week on the markets playing the capital raisings game.

Thursday: candidate for OZ Minerals board. Good reception from the floor but only 7% of proxies in favour. Check out this updated list of all Chinese government investments in Australia.

Wednesday: guest on the RRR Melbourne Breakfasters show plus regular chat with Lindy Burns on 774 ABC Melbourne about Rudd, Chinese takeovers and Telstra pay.

Monday: cracking email edition sent out this afternoon and guest on 774 ABC Melbourne evening show with fill-in presenter Catherine Deveny.

Friday: appeared on Sky's Business View program this afternoon discussing the defunct Rio-Chinalco deal, Oz Minerals, dodging the recession, capital raising and much more. More great results from share purchase plans. Interview with Lindy Burns on 774 ABC Melbourne discussing the Rio-BHP deal.

Wednesday: another big piece on capital raising profits for Fairfax's BusinessDay websites and click here to see all our trades so far in 2009. Check out the latest member updates.

Tuesday: interview on 4BC Brisbane discussing shock $15 billion Queensland government fire sale with Drive presenter Mike Smith.

Friday: speech in Sydney at Financial Services Accountant's Association annual conference and quoted in "rorts and share schemes" story on Fran Kelly's Radio National Breakfast program.

Thursday: adjudicated final of Monash Uni's school economic debating competition.

Wednesday: regular spot with ABC Drive presenter Lindy Burns.

Tuesday, May 26: interview on 2UE Sydney with John Stanley discussing ALP's coming $20m pokies windfall, responding to this Crikey story on the same topic.

Monday, May 25: in Sydney for GPT AGM - listen to edited highlights. Crikey story on Alumina capital raising.

Saturday, May 23: cracking email edition sent out revealing all on the capital raisings front, plus much more.


Friday, May 22: interview on 936 ABC Hobart talking to Libby Gore about banks, debt, super and other things financial.

Thursday, May 21: was supposed to be in Sydney for Macquarie Airports AGM, but Melbourne fog cancelled the flight. Attempted to have questions asked through a third party. Listen to the chairman's response here.

Wednesday, May 20: regular spot on 774 ABC Melbourne discussing the departure of Sol Trujillo.

Tuesday, May 19: big piece for Fairfax websites on the fairness of capital raisings. Also, check out the most recent Mayne Report email edition.

Monday, May 18: interview with Deborah Cameron on 702 ABC Sydney about tall people earning more money. Interview about Great Southern Plantations collapse on ABC radio's Country Hour.

Friday, May 15: here are videos of our questions from yesterday's AMP AGM. Kudos to AMP for the high production values. Interview about foreign debt with Mike Smith on 4BC Brisbane.

Thursday, May 14: attended AMP AGM in Sydney. Listen to the edited audio and watch this video of exchange over former James Hardie chair Meredith Hellicar.

Wednesday, May 13: regular spot with Lindy Burns on 774 ABC Melbourne discussing the Federal budget, government spending, Commonwealth Bank and Crown.

Tuesday, May 12: bumper Mayne Report edition sent out today on budget, debt, Crown expansion, OZ Minerals tilt, Westfield, Axa, Alumina and much more.

Friday, May 8: filming with a crew from the ABC program Compass. Radio chat on 720 ABC Perth about the newly appointed Telstra CEO and chair.

Thursday, May 7: attended Alumina AGM and fired off a few questions, plus Future of Local Government conference in Melbourne then was after dinner speaker for the Victorian TAFE Association annual conference.

Wednesday, May 6: attended the AXA Asia Pacific AGM this morning. A good debate so have a listen to these sprays. Regular chat with Lindy Burns on 774 ABC Melbourne.

Monday, May 4: Crikey article bagging Dean Paatsch from RiskMetrics for not recommending against the Westfield remuneration report. Interview on 774 ABC with Lindy Burns about Victoria's wobbly AAA credit rating.

Friday, May 1: big column for Fairfax websites on the record pay cuts at Macquarie Group, plus discussed the results with 774 ABC Melbourne's Jon Faine. Also did this Macquarie interview with Deborah Cameron on 702 ABC Sydney. Quick update emailed to members, plus appeared on Sky's Business View program discussing Macquarie, bank profits, budget deficits and corporate voting. Check the video highlights here.

Thursday, April 30: big email edition of the Mayne Report sent out.

Wednesday, April 29: regular weekly chat with Lindy Burns on 774 ABC Melbourne covering bank profits, Dick Pratt and public sector debt.

Tuesday, April 28: column for Fairfax websites revealing how ANZ has lost more than $1 million paying for a Paris Hilton New Year's Eve party. Listen to interview with 4BC's Mike Smith about Paris.

Friday, April 24: appeared on the Radio National program The National Interest discussing the Future Fund campaign against Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie.

Thursday, April 23: up in Sydney the Caltex AGM where we asked three questions. Then off to Spark Infrastructure at 11.30am where we asked six questions.

Wednesday, April 22: attended Bell Financial Group AGM and regular chat with Lindy Burns on 774 ABC Melbourne.

Tuesday, April 21: column for Fairfax bagging new Rio chairman and listen to some audio from yesterday's AGM.

Monday, April 20: attended Rio Tinto AGM in Sydney after predicting trouble for Sir Rod Eddington's re-election four weeks ago in this online Fairfax column. Check out the voting results as Sir Rod would have been defeated if Chinalco had voted against him.

Friday, April 17: breakfast speech at Brimbank Council business forum, Crikey story on upcoming Rio Tinto AGM and lively Mayne Report email edition sent at 9.30pm.

Wednesday, April 15: hard hitting column for Fairfax's businessday.com.au on BrisConnections fiasco. Morning interviews on ABC local radio in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra , plus this chat with Fran Kelly on ABC Radio National. Regular afternoon chat with Lindy Burns on 774 ABC Melbourne discussing Brisconnections, ABC Learning and the world of finance.

Tuesday, April 14: interview with Mike Smith of 4BC Brisbane discussing the Brisconnections deal that delivered a $4 million profit to the largest shareholder after selling to German construction giant Leighton.

Latest email edition: this lively email edition was sent on Thursday night.

Thursday, April 9: appeared on Sky's Business View program to discuss the week in business.

Wednesday, April 8: attended QBE Insurance AGM in Sydney. Watch Lateline Business story with comments praising the insurance giant.

Tuesday, April 7: attended CFS Retail and Commonwealth Office EGMs in Sydney. Appeared on SBS Insight program debate about executive pay. Watch these edited highlights. You can see the entire program here.

Monday, April 6: big column for Fairfax's www.businessday.com.au website summarising the executive pay debate ahead of the SBS Insight special tomorrow night. Mayne Report edition going out this afternoon. Chatting with Mike Smith on 4BC Brisbane about the Brisconnections fiasco.

Friday, April 3: interview on Friday morning with Virginia Trioli and Joe O'Brien from ABC2 Breakfast about the Brisconnections fiasco.

Wednesday, April 1: interview on 774 ABC Melbourne with Lindy Burns discussing the economy, Chinese and foreign ownership of Australia's infrastructure.

Tuesday, Mar 31: weekly edition sent to subscribers and partial version to others. Check out video blog interview with Dean Paatsch from Risk Metrics.

Monday, Mar 30: hard hitting opinion piece for Fairfax business websites on coming protest votes at Rio, AMP and Westfield. Attended Risk Metrics conference on governance.

Friday, Mar 27: substantial upgrade to Mayne Report Rich List after another fascinating BRW version hit the streets.

Wednesday, Mar 25: regular spot with Lindy Burns on ABC Melbourne and Crikey story on Kevin Rudd's indecently hasty schools cash splash.

Tuesday, Mar 23: special column for Fairfax's Business Day site on how the Chinese Government will save Sir Rod Eddington from a shareholder revolt at Rio Tinto.

Sunday, Mar 21: cracking weekly edition sent to subscribers.

Thursday, Mar 19: interview on 936 ABC Hobart with Tim Cox discussing the Alco-pops debacle and the new executive pay laws. We have increased our audio and video podcasts this week along our favourite audio from AGMs since 2007. There is also a new Sky Business View package which collates the best of our discussions on the show over the past year.