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Biotech fund breaks into $4bn hearing loss sector

Listed fund BioTech Capital is making a play for the $4 billion hearing loss industry by injecting $2 million into hearing technology company Sensear. Sensear is a Western Australian-based company that was spun off the Western Australian Telecommunications ...

Macq appoints new WA business manager

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
Macquarie Adviser Services (MAS) has appointed former Skandia executive Rob Thompson as its new strategic business manager in Western Australia. Thompson has more than 17 years experience in the industry, and will be in charge of exploring new business ...

Economic round-up: Kiwis at war with inflation

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
New Zealand takes the award for the highest interest rates in the developed world, as the RBNZ jacked-up the official cash rate to a mammoth 8 per cent, sending a jolt through their export sector and financial markets. Better late than never, the Reserve ...

Economic round-up - Baby take a bow

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello must be preparing for curtain calls on his economic management performance as solid household consumption and a rush of business investment have driven Australia's economic expansion rate to its strongest levels in three ...

Keysbrook joins national best practice project

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
Western Australian based Keysbrook Financial Services has joined the "Best Advice" project, a national cooperative project between privately owned financial planning businesses to develop a best practice model for implementation in their individual ...

Economic round-up: Wage wars

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
In Western Australia some small businesses have had to close because they cannot compete in the wage wars with mining companies who are offering premium pay packets to workers. There is increasing pressure on the hospitality, retail and manufacturing ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open flat today after a strong performance on Wall Street and a sharp fall of stocks in China. At 0804 AEST, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was down a point to 6407. Today, the Australian ...

GESB aligns with foreign bank for member services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
Western Australia's flagship public sector super fund GESB has negotiated an alliance with the HSBC group to provide banking and financial services to its members including home and personal loans and credit cards. A commitment to delivering better ...

Economic round-up: Hey big spenders

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
With tax cuts on the way and consumer confidence at a 32 year high, it seems Australians are staking out the stores and car yards with smoking wallets and little thought of the consequential pressure applied to inflation. The general consensus among ...

Members covered for fraud but not bad investments

The troubles of a Western Australian-based super fund should serve as a stark warning to super fund members who blindly contribute money into their super without understanding how their funds are invested. Strategic Capital Superannuation Fund (SCSF) ...