Stephen Kanavoutsos


Articles below:

  • New merger reforms risk being a self-imposed handbrake on investment

    10:02pm 16 May 2026  The new merger regime represent yet another example of Australia’s growing problem of disincentives within its regulatory frameworks. Regulatory bodies must strike a delicate balance between enabling efficient markets and ensuring adequate oversight. Yet, despite Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ assertions…

  • Cabinet by qualification, not popularity

    6:46pm 14 May 2026 Australians like to think we vote for governments. We vote for local members of Parliament, from whom a government is constructed. However, within that structure lies one of the most consequential, yet least examined, features of our system, that…

  • The ACCC v Coles judgment’s perverse price signal

    12:07pm 14 May 2026 The strangest thing about the Federal Court’s judgment against Coles is that, on one view, the supermarket was found liable because in the interests of consumers, it did not keep prices higher for longer. That is the uncomfortable logic…

  • Interview with Mike Gregg

    An interview with Mike Gregg on his two-decade journey as an early WiseTech Global investor and the lessons that shaped his approach to long-term capital. Published in The Australian on 27 April 2026.

  • Interview with Jack Cowin

    An interview with Jack Cowin on the Domino’s Pizza Enterprises reset, franchise economics, and why a long-term orientation matters in hospitality. Published in The Australian on 20 April 2026.

  • How richest Australians are building their wealth in secret

    The richest 250 and the next generation of billionaires have a new playbook that favours stepping away from the spotlight of the ASX. Published in The Weekend Australian on 7 February 2026.