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Westscheme appoints new chair

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... the Westscheme Pty Ltd Constitution, after serving in the position since May 1998. Westscheme is the largest Western Australian-based industry fund, with 200,000 members and over $3 billion funds under management.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Retailer Metcash Ltd holds its annual general meeting. In Perth, Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett addresses the Australian Pipeline Industry Association lunch on `Developing WA-Getting the Balance ...

Great Southern investors fight back

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... investors calling on them to repay the outstanding loans in full, plus interest. Similar action was taken in Western Australian courts by Javelin Asset Management. Through M+K, those investors filed defences and counterclaims challenging the validity ...

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 ...