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Finsia opens doors to experts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
Finsia has created a mentoring program for its members to provide them with career advice and allow them to meet industry veterans. The 16-week Finsia Mentoring Program costs $600 and is only available to Finsia members across Australia and New Zealand. ...

Macq expands Perth private wealth arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... appointed private wealth manager in the Perth office. Rob Johnston, state manager at Macquarie Private Wealth Western Australia, said the expansion was a result of more Perth investors seeking advice. "As the demand from personal investors in Western ...

AUI to enter Qld mortgages market

... property sector continues to perform very strongly, better than any other Australian state with the exception of Western Australia. "There is fierce competition from the banking sector for new commercial lending but we are competing sensibly." Dickson ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... happy to hear BHP announce it had started first production from the $850 million Stybarrow oil project offshore Western Australia. The major banks were all on higher ground with ANZ gaining 50 cents to $28.20, the Commonwealth finding 87 cents to $60.84 ...

GESB revamps website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
Western Australia's largest superannuation fund, the Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB), has revamped their website to help better educate their members and answer their superannuation-related questions. The website includes a superannuation ...

Deck the halls with interest rate hikes

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... 1.1per cent. All the mainland states saw increases with the biggest shopoholics in Queensland (up 1.2 per cent), Western Australia and New South Wales (both up 0.9 per cent). The volume of retail sales (sales adjusted for inflation) rose 1.9 per cent ...

Funding costs trim Suncorp banking profit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... this year. Mulcahy said Suncorp's growth plans in retail banking - comprising new branches in Queensland and Western Australia and securing a greater share of broker-sourced home loan business - would require 270 new customer service positions over three ...

Reverse mortgages stumped by slump

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... financial year to 32 per cent this year on the back of sluggish housing growth. While Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia all recorded strong growth, the drop in "powerhouse driver" NSW had a lasting effect, he said. "I think part of the reason ...

ING appoints new head of regional sales

... previously the ING regional manager for Queensland. He started his career at ING in 1998 as regional manager for Western Australia, ING and state manager for RetireInvest. Prior to ING, he worked as a financial planner and senior manager at other fund ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... has awarded an indigenous company a $300 million contract to manage and operate the Yarrie iron ore mine in Western Australia's Northern Pilbara. Shares in BHP were seven cents lower at $38.37 while Rio Tinto shot up $2.30, or 2.4 per cent, to $98.00 ...