EBITDA fell to 578 million euros ($700.13 million) for the year ended September 30, from 733 million euros in 2019.

Group maintains that not all shareholders are equal.

It’s time those in auditing realised that losing a reputation is a bit like Ernest Hemingway’s description of going bankrupt – it happens gradually, then suddenly.

Group accused of using different mechanisms to favour contractual claimants like Christo Wiese, at the expense of those who bought shares on the open market.

The market will be watching to see how the audit watchdog reinvents itself, following almost a year of upheaval.

Anchor's Deryck Janse van Rensburg talks about Shoprite being a low-value, high-margin stock which has fared well. Asset manager Piet Viljoen looks at Steinhoff's investability factor, and Keith McLachlan discusses using listed preference shares in the search for yield.

But former auditor 'does not in any way admit liability'.

It should also be entrenched into law, or Irba could ‘simply delete’ the rule in the face of 'massive resistance from compromised auditors’.

The latest shorting drama is about more than a simple David-and-Goliath battle between retail and institutional investors.

Why there’s no GameStop-type drama here.

But perhaps some things will play out as expected. A look at Steinhoff, WallStreetBets, Sygnia and PPC.

Shares rise to almost three-year high, but the group's battles are far from over.

After pandemic delay.

Also in the past week: more JSE dropouts, a commendable approach to cost-cutting from the top, and SAB in a froth.

Ordinary employees and shareholders will not emerge from this year as well as the corporate elite will.