Research shows that a company with profile – through the media and other means – is more likely to be included in an investor’s portfolio, than a company without profile. Standard finance theory would have us believe that investors should behave rationally at all...
Australians now spend an astonishing 25% of our time online on social media, according to the 2014 iSentia Social Media Influencer Survey (the ‘Survey’). Social media is now not only a forum for sharing photos and connecting with friends, but also a way to engage with...
Financial markets broadly recognise that CEOs and Managing Directors should allocate 30 per cent of their time marketing their company to potential investors and engaging with existing shareholders, equating to about 1.5 days of any week – a solid chunk of senior...
As a follow up to last year’s successful event, MAGNUS co-hosted a thought leadership breakfast with Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Bloomberg on Thursday 4 December, 2014. The theme of Show Me the Money: Uncovering Australian M&A Trends in 2015 involved a panel...
As globalisation continues at pace, many Australian domiciled companies have been attracted to overseas jurisdictions in their search for undiscovered minerals and energy, cheaper labour and new markets. Especially in the resources sector, it is no longer unusual to...
Annual General Meeting season is almost upon us once again and if the findings of a recent report from the Governance Institute of Australia (Benchmarking Listed Company Secretarial Practice in Australia 2014) are anything to go by, it may seem as though the AGM is in...