Macquarie, battling a Storm on one front, faces anotherBy Michael West | September 6, 2012THE corporate regulator is threatening Macquarie Group with sanctions after an investigation found chronic ...
When ‘big law’ turns to bullyingBy Michael West | August 18, 2012It took a government to bring down Big Tobacco but there's no bringing down Big Law. On the same day the High ...
Full compliance is no petitesseBy Michael West | August 9, 2012Whether for reasons of modesty, camouflage or sheer laziness, the large Australian arm of French water giant Suez ...
Will S&P fight to the death?By Michael West | February 21, 2012Is Standard & Poor's really going to fight the NSW councils to the death? The ten-week court case is done, ...
Wheeler-dealers laughing all the way to the bankBy Michael West | September 15, 2009THE party rolls on. Just one year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and the most tumultuous days in the ...
100 agencies facing a $2b black holeBy Michael West | August 16, 2008MORE than 100 councils, charities, churches, hospitals and nursing homes across Australia are sitting on a $2 ...
B&B’s culture of greedBy Michael West | August 8, 2008Pursuit of the ''quick buck'', ''ginning up rosy projections'' on deals, making ''absurdly optimistic ...
Macquarie’s Dead Parrot ModelBy Michael West | July 31, 2008If the Macquarie model's not dead, it's surely comatose and dangling upside-down with its claws super-glued to the ...
Macquarie, battling a Storm on one front, faces anotherBy Michael West | September 6, 2012THE corporate regulator is threatening Macquarie Group with sanctions after an investigation found chronic ...
When ‘big law’ turns to bullyingBy Michael West | August 18, 2012It took a government to bring down Big Tobacco but there's no bringing down Big Law. On the same day the High ...
Full compliance is no petitesseBy Michael West | August 9, 2012Whether for reasons of modesty, camouflage or sheer laziness, the large Australian arm of French water giant Suez ...
Will S&P fight to the death?By Michael West | February 21, 2012Is Standard & Poor's really going to fight the NSW councils to the death? The ten-week court case is done, ...
Wheeler-dealers laughing all the way to the bankBy Michael West | September 15, 2009THE party rolls on. Just one year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and the most tumultuous days in the ...
100 agencies facing a $2b black holeBy Michael West | August 16, 2008MORE than 100 councils, charities, churches, hospitals and nursing homes across Australia are sitting on a $2 ...
B&B’s culture of greedBy Michael West | August 8, 2008Pursuit of the ''quick buck'', ''ginning up rosy projections'' on deals, making ''absurdly optimistic ...
Macquarie’s Dead Parrot ModelBy Michael West | July 31, 2008If the Macquarie model's not dead, it's surely comatose and dangling upside-down with its claws super-glued to the ...