Tony Grist, Gavin Rezos and Stephen Langsford are prolific dealmakers - they share the lessons they've learned over three decades and explain what they look for in new investments.
Vocus Communications has appointed former M2 Group boss Vaughan Bowen and former Telstra chairman Bob Mansfield to lead a board tasked with turning around the faltering business
Vocus Communications has reported a net loss of $1.46 billion after making heavy write-downs on goodwill for some of its recent acquisitions and abandoned paying a dividend to redirect funds to projects and debt reduction.
Investors have dumped shares in Vocus after Australia's fourth-biggest telco ended a $2.2 billion bidding war for the company, saying the two suitors were unable to support the buy on the board's terms.
Asian private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners has made a $2.2 billion offer for Vocus Communications, rivalling a similar bid from US private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
Shares in Vocus Communications fell almost 30 per cent following the telecom operator's second profit warning in six months, as management grapple with a raft of problems following its rapid expansion.
Vocus Communications shares have plunged more than 20 per cent after Australia's fourth biggest telecommunications group delivered a grim trading update following its rapid expansion.
Water Corporation chief executive Sue Murphy and technology entrepreneur Anthony Grist have been appointed to the board of the Fremantle Football Club.
Vocus Communications boss Geoff Horth has survived a proposal to remove him from the helm of the firm by Perth venture capitalist Anthony Grist and Vocus founder James Spenceley.
Vocus Communications is targeting the consumer market and has its sights on becoming Australia's "most loved telco", after its full-year profit more than trebled in the wake of mergers with M2 Group and Amcom.
Tech accelerator Vocus Upstart has named the seven successful applicants to be offered a placement in its program and seed funding to help grow their ideas towards commercialisation.
Fifteen local broking, legal and advisory firms have teamed up to put forward their concerns with the ASX's proposed changes to its listing requirements, and to advocate three particular amendments.
Deal hungry Vocus Communications is buying a Nextgen Group subsidiary, plus two WA-focused development projects, for up to $861 million to bolster its telecommunications infrastructure and earnings pipeline.
SPECIAL REPORT: The ubiquitous influence of the internet in modern business has brought an uptick in investment in Perth's data storage capacity, and into new high-speed subsea cables.
Matthew Sullivan has been appointed as the new managing director of Cirrus Networks. Mr Sullivan has been a non-executive director of Cirrus since November 2014.
Cirrus Networks has announced non-executive director and IT entrepreneur Matt Sullivan will transition to the role of managing director at the company's next general meeting.
SPECIAL REPORT: Local firms Azure Capital and Hartleys punched above their weight in 2015 in what was a lucrative year for a handful of top corporate advisers in WA. Click through to see which corporate advisers, lawyers and brokers managed 470 M&A and capital raising deals.
Data and networks solutions business Amcom Telecommunications has won a $12.9 million contract to provide its services to SA Health over a three-year term.
As part of a backdoor listing with Falcon Minerals, prominent technology investor Anthony Grist has paid $US1.5 million to become a major shareholder in a US-based company that has experienced rapid growth selling 3D printers.
Recently-listed IT company Cirrus Networks has bought Amcom L7 Solutions for a knock-down price of $500,000, four years after current Cirrus directors Andrew Milner and Matthew Sullivan sold the business for $15 million.
A joint venture between Nextgen Group and Vocus Communications is considering plans to construct a submarine telecommunications cable between Perth and Singapore.
The competition watchdog has given the go-ahead for Vocus Communications to merge with M2 Group in a $3 billion deal that will create Australia's fourth largest telco.
Former Amcom Telecommunications chairman Anthony Grist has invested in listed tech company Decimal Software, which is seeking extra cashflow while awaiting the receipt of a research and development tax refund.
A prominent Perth investor has personally sponsored the city's latest surfing event, held at Cottesloe as one of seven long board contests on the World Surf League tour.
Upwards of 130 corporate finance transactions worth more than $11 billion were announced in WA in the June quarter, but most notable was a handful of landmark M&A deals.
With the takeovers of iiNet and Amcom Telecommunications heading into the final stretch, the investment bankers and other advisers that worked on these deals will be looking forward to a very handy pay day of more than $40 million.
Tech accelerator Amcom Upstart has named the eight successful applicants to be offered a placement in its program and an equal share of $320,000 in funding.
TPG Telecom has lifted its stake in Amcom Telecommunications to 19.9 per cent, making it harder for Amcom to win approval at next week's shareholder meeting for its planned merger with Vocus Communications.
Perth-based Amcom Telecommunications has pushed back its scheme meeting to vote on the Vocus Communications takeover deal by two weeks, after Sydney competitor and Amcom's major shareholder TPG Telecom yesterday said it would vote against the proposal.
The fate of Perth companies iiNet and Amcom Telecommunications rests with Sydney competitor TPG Telecom and its reclusive chairman David Teoh, and possibly with the competition watchdog, after a day of surprises.
