The multinationals’ rhetoric isn’t reassuring on tricky tax affairsBy Michael West | November 18, 2015It was a day of high obfuscation as some of the world's best known multinationals faced the Senate inquiry into ...
Funds are fattening up on superannuation feesBy Michael West | November 16, 2015Fees matter … a lot. The average 30 year old can expect to lose one quarter of his or her retirement savings in ...
Search for the biggest fat cat of the Australian super fund industryBy Michael West | November 14, 2015Being a super fund manager is hard yakka. You have to sit around being showered with millions of dollars of other ...
Transparency is best tonic for multinational tax avoidanceBy Michael West | November 11, 2015COMMENT 'Special purpose' approach by accountants hides corporate secrets Amid the maelstrom over the ...
Spectre of mystery around Santos suitor ScepterBy Michael West | November 9, 2015There are some who believe that the takeover bid for Santos is not fair dinkum. These vile cynics claim that ...
Corporate watchdog investigates Malaysian tycoon’s familyBy Michael West | November 2, 2015The corporate regulator is investigating the failure of the family of Malaysian tycoon Taib Mahmud to comply ...
Glencore’s tax position remains unclearBy Michael West | October 31, 2015Ivan Glasenberg lost half a billion dollars in one trading session last month. It was the day Glencore shares ...
HMAS Melbourne: Courting a disaster decades in the makingBy Michael West | October 24, 2015At nearly 9pm on February 10, 1964, the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne ploughed into the Voyager, cutting the ...
Banks have outsourcing down to a fine artBy Michael West | October 19, 2015It is mildly amusing to observe the sanctimony of the banks when it comes to lending standards. We have ...
Oils ain’t oils, gas contracts ain’t gas contractsBy Michael West | October 17, 2015It was with high expectations and a sense of gravity that the gravelly voiced Ian Macfarlane addressed a ...
Malcolm Turnbull’s Cayman Islands connection isn’t the problemBy Michael West | October 15, 2015The priority for Parliament should remain pinging the big tax culprits – foreign-controlled multinationals. It ...
East coast gas market has all the hallmarks of a cartelBy Michael West | October 12, 2015When competition tsar Rod Sims delivered the keynote address on the gas industry at an energy conference last ...
The multinationals’ rhetoric isn’t reassuring on tricky tax affairsBy Michael West | November 18, 2015It was a day of high obfuscation as some of the world's best known multinationals faced the Senate inquiry into ...
Funds are fattening up on superannuation feesBy Michael West | November 16, 2015Fees matter … a lot. The average 30 year old can expect to lose one quarter of his or her retirement savings in ...
Search for the biggest fat cat of the Australian super fund industryBy Michael West | November 14, 2015Being a super fund manager is hard yakka. You have to sit around being showered with millions of dollars of other ...
Transparency is best tonic for multinational tax avoidanceBy Michael West | November 11, 2015COMMENT 'Special purpose' approach by accountants hides corporate secrets Amid the maelstrom over the ...
Spectre of mystery around Santos suitor ScepterBy Michael West | November 9, 2015There are some who believe that the takeover bid for Santos is not fair dinkum. These vile cynics claim that ...
Corporate watchdog investigates Malaysian tycoon’s familyBy Michael West | November 2, 2015The corporate regulator is investigating the failure of the family of Malaysian tycoon Taib Mahmud to comply ...
Glencore’s tax position remains unclearBy Michael West | October 31, 2015Ivan Glasenberg lost half a billion dollars in one trading session last month. It was the day Glencore shares ...
HMAS Melbourne: Courting a disaster decades in the makingBy Michael West | October 24, 2015At nearly 9pm on February 10, 1964, the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne ploughed into the Voyager, cutting the ...
Banks have outsourcing down to a fine artBy Michael West | October 19, 2015It is mildly amusing to observe the sanctimony of the banks when it comes to lending standards. We have ...
Oils ain’t oils, gas contracts ain’t gas contractsBy Michael West | October 17, 2015It was with high expectations and a sense of gravity that the gravelly voiced Ian Macfarlane addressed a ...
Malcolm Turnbull’s Cayman Islands connection isn’t the problemBy Michael West | October 15, 2015The priority for Parliament should remain pinging the big tax culprits – foreign-controlled multinationals. It ...
East coast gas market has all the hallmarks of a cartelBy Michael West | October 12, 2015When competition tsar Rod Sims delivered the keynote address on the gas industry at an energy conference last ...