Simon Evans
Senior Journalist at Australian Financial Review
Senior journalist with The Australian Financial Review. Retail, wine, beer, building materials, mergers & acquisitions, technology. [email protected]
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afr.com | Simon Evans
May 6, 2025 – 8.00pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? James Hardie originally proposed an all-scrip merger with American outdoor decking and railings company Azek in November last year but was spurned by the group’s board, which demanded the offer have a cash component before it would consider the deal.
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afr.com | Simon Evans
May 5, 2025 – 2.57pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Sales of Tesla vehicles in Australia slumped 76 per cent in April compared with a year ago, continuing to lose market share to the BYD brand from China, which outsold it by more than six times. Traditional diesel and petrol-powered utes were the two biggest-selling vehicles in Australia in April.
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afr.com | Simon Evans
Apr 30, 2025 – 6.05pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The Bain Capital-led consortium that owns Accolade Wines says it will cull dozens of brands after merging it with Pernod Ricard’s wine business. The enlarged company has been named Vinarchy, which executive chairman Ben Clarke said represented a new beginning for a group with $1.5 billion in revenue.
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afr.com | Simon Evans
Apr 30, 2025 – 4.00pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The number of locally held shares in Australian companies that have switched their primary listing to an overseas exchange has more than halved within years and is still falling, raising concerns from investors that an increase in dual listings is driving a wider drain from the ASX.
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afr.com | Simon Evans
Apr 30, 2025 – 4.00pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Packaging and property billionaire Raphael Geminder is set to battle with minority shareholders as he seeks to delist Pact Group, after a failed $234 million takeover bid last year.
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Footwear retailer Wittner has collapsed. Deloitte appointed as administrators to the business which has 20-plus stores, and also sells in David Jones and Myer. Founded in 1912. https://t.co/xK7RYYxh5F
James Hardie shares tumble after $14 billion deal to acquire American outdoor decking and railings giant AZEK, which listed on NYSE in 2020. Renovators tiring of oiling real wooden planks, want composite. https://t.co/9m4iCIGtS3
The beer company part owned by former Australian Test cricketer Brett Lee - Sydney Beer Co - has gone bust. Administrators appointed. https://t.co/mrFrCUHJHx