Lists

The complete list of lists

The Mayne Report loves a good list and on this page we have a complete compilation with links to all of the offerings we've worked up over the past few years.

Mar. 5, 2010

Top 60 women on Aussie boards

Who are the most powerful women in the Australian professional directors' club? Here is a stab at what we reckon is the top 60, plus another 40 contenders knocking on the door.

Mar. 10, 2010

Tracking major capital raisings

This list examines the size and timing of major equity market capital raisings since the beginning of 2008.

Mar. 11, 2010

Companies which did pro-rata entitlement offers

Major Australian companies which raised capital since January 2008 exclusively through pro-rata entitlement offers that treated shareholders equally.

Mar. 5, 2010

From councillor to parliament

We've compiled this list of more than 100 current and past federal and state politicians who got their start serving on their local council.

Mar. 11, 2010

The SPP shame file since 2007

Companies since the beginning of 2007 which did cosy placements with big institutions but then treated shareholders differently.

Mar. 5, 2010

The great political relationships list

Just how incestuous is politics? With John Brumby under fire four family members being on the payroll, we've updated this famous political relationships list which was first worked up on Crikey. All corrections and additions to stephen@maynereport.com.

Mar. 13, 2010

The Mayne Report Rich List

Any Australian who has ever been worth more than $10 million. We've got more than 1400 names with those who've fallen back below $10 million now italicised.

Mar. 11, 2010

Tracking 2010 government bond issues

All bond and treasury note issues by the Rudd Government since it was elected in November 2007. There was one in December 2007, 14 in 2008 and in 100 in 2009.

Mar. 5, 2010

Mayne Report donation honour board

Mar. 9, 2010

Everyone ASIC has ever jailed

Is ASIC an effective corporate cop? You be the judge as this is the list of 348 people they have sent to jail since it was established in January 1991.

Mar. 5, 2010

Former pollies on ASX-listed boards

This list tracks the former Australian politicians who have or still serve on public company boards.

Feb. 1, 2010

The biggest votes against remuneration reports

This list tracks against votes of more than 20% on remuneration reports since the non-binding vote was introduced in 2005.

Mar. 5, 2010

Tracking frozen funds in Australasia

This list tracks the avalanche of Australasian investment funds that either collapsed or suspended redemptions due to the global credit crisis.

Mar. 8, 2010

$100 million loss club - biggest to smallest

A record 29 ASX-listed companies reported losses of more than $100 million in 2007-08. The 2008-09 season delivered unprecedented amounts of red ink, caused by the global financial crisis, with losses of more than $100 million for a record 52 companies. That's a pretty amazing statistic given that we had previously only found 75 companies that have achieved that milestone more than 150 times over the past 20 years. Check out where they rank in this league ladder of corporate disasters, plus this chronological version.

By Stephen Mayne, Mar. 4, 2010

The 2008-09 $100m loss club - a chronology

The 2008-09 reporting season was the worst we've ever seen. Here's a chronological list of how the 53 losses above $100 million were rolled out.

Nov. 16, 2009

The $100m loss club by financial year

The 2008-09 season delivered unprecedented amounts of red ink, caused by the global financial crisis. Check out where these losses sit in the all-time list tracking $100 million losses from biggest to smallest.

Mar. 8, 2010

Last day losses - full breakdown

Here is the chronological version of the losses revealed by ASX-listed companies on Friday, February 27, the very last day of the worst profit reporting season in history.

Mar. 5, 2010

Tracking the last day results announcements

All earnings results released on August 31, 2009, the last day of the 2008-09 profit reporting season. Compare it with what happened on February 27, 2009, the last day of the interim reporting season.

Mar. 5, 2010

All the foreign ownership lists

The Mayne Report has built up some insightful lists tracking the following various components of foreign ownership in Australia.

Sep. 29, 2009

Every project that has Chinese investment

This list tracks every Australian project which are backed by the Chinese.

Mar. 5, 2010

Chinese investments in Australian resources

This list tracks Chinese Government investments in Australian resource projects.

Jan. 12, 2010

Foreign-owned major resource projects

More than 50 major Australian resource projects are controlled by foreign investors. Additionally, here are lists of foreign companies generating more than $200m, and Australia's improving foreign ownership record.

Mar. 5, 2010

Foreign companies generating more than $200m

Here is a list of more than 240 foreign companies that generate more than $200 million in Australia each year.

Oct. 2, 2009

Australia's improving foreign ownership record

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

Mar. 5, 2010

Foreign government investments in Australia

This list tracks major sovereign investments in Australia, demonstrating how both Singapore and China are set to own more Australian business assets than our own government.

Mar. 5, 2010

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? We love making truckloads in Australia

Mar. 5, 2010

Claimed assets of companies at time of collapse

This list tracks the claimed balance sheet values of companies at the time they collapsed and names the auditor who was involved.

Mar. 5, 2010

Top Australians in global business

We're tracking current and former position holders of the most successful Australian executives and directors in business on the world stage.

Mar. 5, 2010

Hostile EGMs and resolutions called in Australia

Here is a list of the hostile EGMs and resolutions that have been called by shareholders of ASX-listed companies over the past 20 years.

Mar. 5, 2010

Notable Australians who have sued for defamation

Here is a list of notable Australians who have sued for defamation over the years.

Mar. 11, 2010

Australian honorary doctorates

This list tracks Australians who have received honorary doctorates from universities.

Mar. 10, 2009

Countries that developed great brands

This list attempts to tracks which countries have produced globally known brands.

Mar. 10, 2009

The biggest share tanks in history

Here is a list of some of the biggest share price tanks in recent Australian history that were triggered by an announcement.

Jan. 12, 2010

Biggest golden parachutes in corporate Australia

Payouts to executive fat cats are now a hot issue globally, so here is list of excessive CEO payouts over the past 20 years in Australia.

Oct. 6, 2009

When 100 signatures gathered for S249P statement

If 100 shareholders sign up, a company must distribute up to 1000 words on an issue to all shareholders in an Australian public company under s249P of the Corporations Act.

Mar. 5, 2010

Rating expat CEOs of Australian companies

Here is a list looking at the records of expat CEOs brought in to run Australian companies.

Sep. 13, 2009

ASIC's record on insider trading

The Mayne Report's ASIC jail list highlights what a slack job the corporate plod has done over the years on insider trading.

Mar. 5, 2010

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.

Sep. 29, 2009

The great privatisation list

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

Mar. 5, 2010

Sports-linked business flops

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

Mar. 5, 2010

The great power industry shuffle

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. This list was first developed and published on Crikey.

Mar. 5, 2010

The withdrawn resolutions at Aussie AGMs

Not enough resolutions are rejected by shareholders but here is a list of those that have been.

Oct. 1, 2009

The CEOs who got away

Here is a list of senior executives whose boards should never have allowed them to leave and emerge as a sold boss elsewhere.

Mar. 5, 2010

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.

Mar. 5, 2010

Departures which sent the share price plummeting

Comings and goings of directors and executives at public companies can often cause sharp share price movements.

Mar. 5, 2010

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.

Mar. 5, 2010

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.

Feb. 1, 2010

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.

Feb. 1, 2010

Companies trading at big discounts to book value

There are still a large number of companies trading at massive discounts to book value as the following list demonstrates.

Mar. 5, 2010