Stephen Mayne

London, Melbourne

Crikey & https://t.co/kS7uXPysU3 founder # shareholder advocate # Ex LG Cr # Money Cafe Podcaster # Crikey & Intelligent Investor contributor # ABC Melb pundit.

Articles

Weekend Briefing, Edition 18, 2025: A big weekend at Alan's house

4 weeks ago | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Stephen Mayne

IMPORTANT: This information is general financial product advice only and has not taken into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Consider whether this advice is right for you. You should consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), Financial Services Guide (FSG), Target Market Determination (TMD) or seek professional advice before making any investment decision.
Talking Finance: The Post-Election Debrief

1 month ago | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Stephen Mayne

IMPORTANT: This information is general financial product advice only and has not taken into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Consider whether this advice is right for you. You should consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), Financial Services Guide (FSG), Target Market Determination (TMD) or seek professional advice before making any investment decision.
Hey Crikey for PM — here's how not to win, from an election loss expert

1 month ago | crikey.com.au | Stephen Mayne

Note from the campaign manager: Well, we said Australia’s opaque political donations system allows donors to hijack party platforms and gain access to candidates, and we’re no different. As he represents roughly 100% of our donors, we are powerless to deny Stephen Mayne his role as an unofficial advisor to our campaign. Here’s his take on how to avoid being elected:If only Crikey for PM had asked me, before even contemplating running for the Senate. Don’t do it, I would’ve said. It’s hell.
Takeover Deluge as ASX Keeps Thinning, Woeful WiseTech, AGMs Wrap

2 months ago | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Stephen Mayne

IMPORTANT: This information is general financial product advice only and has not taken into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Consider whether this advice is right for you. You should consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), Financial Services Guide (FSG), Target Market Determination (TMD) or seek professional advice before making any investment decision.
Rio Tinto: ditch the colonial baggage and get with a 21st-century program (MWM July 31, 2020)

2 months ago | johnmenadue.com | Stephen Mayne

Rio Tinto has just announced an astronomical profit, largely on the back of its continued exploitation of Indigenous land in WA. Yet Rio still does not have an Indigenous Australian in a senior executive role. To maintain its social licence the company must also move its headquarters to Australia and up its royalties, writesStephen Mayne.
How Risky Is Trump, Murdoch Family Blow-Up, Last Day Laggards

Mar 4, 2025 | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Stephen Mayne

IMPORTANT: This information is general financial product advice only and has not taken into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Consider whether this advice is right for you. You should consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), Financial Services Guide (FSG), Target Market Determination (TMD) or seek professional advice before making any investment decision.
How Risky is Trump, Chemist Warehouse, AGMs Wrap

Feb 4, 2025 | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Stephen Mayne

IMPORTANT: This information is general financial product advice only and has not taken into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Consider whether this advice is right for you. You should consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), Financial Services Guide (FSG), Target Market Determination (TMD) or seek professional advice before making any investment decision.
As Chemist Warehouse mints billionaires, Crikey ushered outside with a lasagne

Jan 30, 2025 | crikey.com.au | Stephen Mayne

It was a tale of two types of access journalism at a gritty pokies pub in Preston last night, as 52 of the 311 Chemist Warehouse shareholders showed up in person to vote unanimously in favour of the $34.7 billion merger with Sigma Healthcare. The AFR’s senior Chanticleer columnist James Thomson was inside the room and given access to the various Chemist Warehouse billionaire founders, producing this colour piece that led the website last night.
Talking Finance: Property Point

Jan 10, 2025 | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Stephen Mayne

Stephen Mayne sits down with Eliza Owen, Head of Research at CoreLogic, to check the pulse of the property market for the year ahead. By · 10 Jan 2025 By · 10 Jan 2025 · 5 min read Stephen Mayne here and today we're talking with CoreLogic's Head of Research, Eliza Owen, on something which impacts most Australians, that's house prices.
Chemist Warehouse Disclosures, Aussie Super's Mining Debacles, AGMs Wrap

Jan 7, 2025 | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Stephen Mayne

In his opening column for 2025, Stephen Mayne turns his focus to Chemist Warehouse, AustralianSuper, an AGM wrap-up, the ever-shrinking ASX, and explores 2025 board tilts.