Industries

The royal commission probing Victoria's Big Build has heard that for site operators, there was no alternative but to give in to demands by the CFMEU.

AVID Property Group has matched the latest offer by US private equity firm Warburg Pincus in the bidding war for Ingenia Communities, putting it back in the running for the retirement village developer.

The bankruptcy trustees of a former director of Sydney builder Quasar have won their bid to be joined to proceedings by the company's liquidators over money he allegedly transferred to his former wife, over her objections.

A failed class action against former NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees has told the High Court that the character of $165 in alleged conflicted remuneration fees has to be determined by their purpose, rather than how they were described in product disclosure statements.

The corporate regulator has made interim orders barring Angas Securities from offering two managed investment schemes holding $114 million, raising concerns that it failed to disclose its exposure to collapsed developer Bathla Group.

A German food company has lost its bid to register 'Nadi' as a trade mark, with an IP Australia delegate finding the name was not capable of distinguishing the company's goods because it is also the name of Fiji's second-largest town.

Infrastructure fund manager Dexus is adding last month's $30 million costs ruling to its appeal of a decision that found it committed an irremediable breach of APAC's shareholder deed.

Independent supermarkets should not be insulated from the effects of competition by the ACCC, Coles has told a tribunal as it challenges the watchdog's rejection of its proposed acquisition of a Kalgoorlie supermarket site.

Goodman Group and Digital Realty have told the market they have no present intention to make a takeover bid for NextDC, after forming a joint venture to secure a 9.9 per cent shareholding in the AI data centre player.

Construction company Qanstruct has settled its case against steel fibre reinforcement manufacturer Bosfar over $55 million in alleged defects at the Port Botany Enfield intermodal logistics centre.