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BankWest goes east

From the west coast to the east coast, leading Western Australian bank BankWest continues its push into markets outside its Perth homebase when it announced that its head of retail sales will relocate to Sydney. Head of Retail Sales Mark Reid will move ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open flat with little lead from Wall Street and patchy commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0706 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down two points at 5869. In economic news today ...

Member investment arbitraging hits GESB: reports

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
Poor fund design will cost superannuation funds millions of dollars unless they start to upgrade their outdated or inadequate investment reporting systems. The latest fund to be impacted is the $6.3 billion GESB public sector super fund in WA, according ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
The Australian stock market was higher at noon as media stocks, buoyed by takeover activity, helped offset falling share prices in the resources sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.2 points to 5290.5 while the all ordinaries ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... US$800 million to build the Cabrillo Port gas terminal off the coast of California. On a related energy issue, West Australia, which has about 80 per cent of the nation's undeveloped gas reserves, plans to retain about 20 per cent of offshore reserves ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
Sydney - the share market is expected to open stronger, after a solid lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0741 AEST, the September share price index contract was up 37 points at 4,940. Today the National Australia Bank second quarter ...

LinQ Resources trebles distribution yield

Listed resources fund LinQ (ASX: LRF) is giving its investors an early Christmas present in the form of a 250 per cent rise on its distribution yield. A specialist in small to medium resources investments, LinQ is a West Australian based fund that floated ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
The Australian stock market is expected to make a robust opening following a strong rally on Wall Street as well as higher metal and oil prices overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 106 points to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open weaker as softer global equity markets as well as some weakness in oil prices overnight combine to produce negative sentiment for the local bourse. As has been the case this week there is some stock-specific news ...

More senior executive changes for the FPA

The FPA's deputy chair Sarah Brennan, the prime architect of the association's conflict of interest principles, stepped down last Friday, citing family health reasons. However, her resignation coincided with a report in The West Australian newspaper ...