Stories by Rohan Pearce

Private equity firm eyes possible MYOB acquisition

MYOB revealed today that it had received an unsolicited proposal from US private equity firm KKR, which is seeking to acquire the shares of the accounting software company that it doesn’t already own.

Written by Rohan Pearce08 Oct. 18 13:22

Second private equity firm circles Vocus

Vocus is the subject of a second acquisition bid, with the telco revealing this morning that Asian private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners had lodged a preliminary takeover offer.

Written by Rohan Pearce11 July 17 10:47

MYOB raises $833.1m with IPO

MYOB is set to return to the ASX, selling 228.3 million shares at $3.65 in the company’s IPO.

Written by Rohan Pearce01 May 15 13:32

Telstra CEO David Thodey retires

Telstra's chief financial officer, Andrew Penn, will from 1 May replace David Thodey as chief executive officer.

Written by Rohan Pearce20 Feb. 15 08:33

Australian government will go Drupal

Tender documents issued this morning have confirmed that the Australian government will push ahead with seeking to build a whole-of-government content management system based on the open source Drupal platform.

Written by Rohan Pearce06 June 14 08:00