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UBS and REST join forces for green infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
UBS Global Asset Management is teaming up with the $16 billion industry fund REST in a green energy investment project touted to be behind one of the largest wind farms in the country. Both REST and UBS GAM are buying the Collgar Wind Farm. UBS GAM ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... lookout for acquisitions. BHP Billiton has flagged its interest in more joint ventures similar to its 50/50 Western Australian iron ore project tie up with Rio Tinto. In the US on Thursday, the Commerce Department's report that gross domestic product ...

Budget, what budget?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
Financial planners will struggle to get many Gen-Yers to follow financial advice after yet another study found one in four have never budgeted in their life and, even when they do, it's to blow the lot on a holiday. St. George Bank commissioned a study ...

GESB pay rise didn't happen: Chairman

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Following the political storm that erupted in WA last week after reports about the pay rise of GESB's chief executive, a statement issued by the fund's chairman has advised that no pay rise was granted last year. GESB Chairman Phil Harvey said "The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... million of April 2012 Commonwealth government bonds. In company news, Progen Pharmaceuticals Ltd and several Western Australian-based resources companies hold general meetings, including Glengarry Resources Ltd, Bathurst Resources Ltd and Magnetic Resources ...

Aspen fund holds 'recommended' rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... facility. The ratings firm also identified a number of weaknesses within the fund including inherent exposure to Western Australian and South Australian resource areas, reliance on tourism industry and a relatively high fee structure. Yet that didn't ...

Bankwest cuts 400 staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
... deteriorating economy" meant the bank was forced to make some adjustments. "The deteriorating national and Western Australian economies and a high cost base mean Bankwest has no choice but to cut costs to remain competitive," he said. "I regret the impact ...

Stimulate your package

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... income for 2007/08 financial year was less $100,000 they could be eligible to receive up to $900 tax free. Western Australian-based Assurity Financial Planning adviser, Doug Horsford, said although the government would prefer Australians to spend it ...

Vanguard expands sales team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Vanguard is on an expansion trail having appointed a Western Australian BDM and unveilling plans to open a Queensland office - a contrast to many other fund managers which are restructuring their teams. Eu-Jene Teng comes to Vanguard with over nine ...

WA planning firm moves east

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Sydney-based financial planning firms are set to face even more competition after Western Australian advice group, Indian Ocean Capital, announced plans to expand into NSW. Indian Ocean Capital is made up of 14 financial advisors in Western Australia ...