The ultimate list of lists

The Mayne Report Rich List
BRW enjoy a monopoly over the concept of an Australian Rich List, but it only comes out once a year with 250 entries and misses everyone below their cut-off of $180 million. The Mayne Report Rich List has a cut off of $10 million and is growing well above 950 entries.

Everyone ASIC has ever jailed
Is ASIC an effective corporate cop? You be the judge as this is the list of people they have sent to jail since ASIC was set up in January 1991 until 2005.

The great privatisation list
Here is a list of privatisation deals in Australia over the past 20 years.

Foreign government investments in Australia
The debate about sovereign funds in Australia is off in earnest so we're going to list every known foreign government investment.

Foreign-owned major resource projects
We all know the story of Australia's booming economy and budget surpluses thanks to the China-driven commodities boom.

Foreign companies generating more than $200m
Here is a list of more than 230 foreign companies that generate more than $200 million in Australia each year.

Australia's improving foreign ownership record
Australia has long had a terrible foreign ownership record, but it has improved a little in recent years.

Top 50 Australians in global business
We're tracking the 50 most successful Australian executives in business on the world.

Biggest golden parachutes in corporate Australia
Here is a list of the biggest final year payouts to departing executives of ASX-listed companies.

CEOs with board seats elsewhere
The NAB CEO John Stewart has just landed on the Telstra board, sparking further debate about whether this sort of thing should happen. We're going to develop the following two lists but offer up these names to kick start them

What happens to ousted CEO's
Australia's directors club is dominated by former CEOs but gaining entry always depends on the circumstances of your exit. Here is a list that tracks what happens to CEOs who were forced out in awkward circumstances.

Conflicted service providers who've sat on boards
The corporate governance juggernaut has led to the phasing out of the old system of conflicted service providers sitting on the boards of our public companies but as this list shows, there are still a few prominent examples that are tolerated.

Sport-linked business flops
When a business develops an association with a sports franchise, inevitably it seems to lead to trouble.

Companies that took out small shareholders
The following is a list of ASX-listed companies which have voluntarily or compulsorily forced small shareholders to sell their shares because they were not deemed to be a marketable parcel.

Playing the share purchase plans
Here is a list of companies that offered share purchase plans in 2007, including detail on whether or not we participated.

The biggest share tanks in history
Here is the list of the biggest share tanks in history.

The great power industry shuffle
The Iemma government's decision to flog off the NSW generating assets and electricity retailing divisions means it's time once again to fire up the list of energy sector deals over the past 15 years which includes the investment bankers who advised on each sale.

The biggest votes against remuneration reports
Voting on remuneration reports was first introduced for the 2005-06 financial report, so here is a list of some of the biggest against votes over the past three years.

The withdrawn resolutions at Aussie AGMs
Not enough resolutions are rejected by shareholders but here is a list some of those that have been.

The CEOs who got away
The most important job of a board is to manage succession planning and appoint the right CEO. Here is a list of senior executives whose boards should never have allowed them to leave and emerge as a sold boss elsewhere.

The Australian $100 million loss club
Losing more than $100 million in a year is surely a hard thing. We've found more than 55 companies (MFS will be next) that have achieved that milestone almost 80 times over the past 20 years?

Foreign winners and losers in Australia
Here is our take on the happy and unhappy foreign players in Australia. Why the hell did we invest in Australia?

New CEOs who embrace write-offs
Here is a list of Australian companies that have allowed a new CEO to take the helm and wield the axe on balance sheet values.

Departures which sent the share price plummeting
Comings and goings of directors and executives at public companies can often cause sharp share price movements.

Departures which sent the share price soaring
Comings and goings of directors and executives at public companies can often cause sharp share price movements. This list tracks corporate departures which sent the share price soaring.

Corporate arrivals which sent the share price plummeting
Comings and goings of directors and executives at public companies can often cause sharp share price movements. This list tracks arrivals which sent the share price plummeting.

Ranking the top female directors
Who are the most powerful women in the Australian professional directors' club?

Australia's longest serving executive directors
The average tenure of an Australian CEO is about three years, but there are some who've been around for decades, such as the following list.

Australia's longest serving directors
Ever wondered who our longest serving executive and non-executive directors are?

Australia's oldest public company directors
We're really building up the lists section and here is another two examining Australia's oldest public company directors - current and former.

Arrivals which sent the share price soaring
Comings and goings of directors and executives at public companies can often cause sharp share price movements. This list tracks arrivals which sent the share price soaring.

Executive chairs of ASX 300 companies
The corporate governance guidelines say that public companies should have an independent, non-executive chairman.

The biggest votes against directors
Incumbent directors in Australia typically receive around 99% of votes when they are up for re-election. We've trawled through the records and found the directors who have received (shock, horror) less than 90%.

How the NRMA broke director number records
Here is a list of almost 70 people who have sat on the well worn seats of the NRMA board since 1992, be it the mutual or the listed insurer since it was split off two years ago.

Revealed: profits and losses on full portfolio
We've put together the world's biggest small share portfolio here at the Mayne Report.


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