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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning after a strong lead from Wall Street and takeover speculation surrounding mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto set to continue. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, at 0825 AEST, the ...

Public equity under pressure

"The issue is not private equity but what's wrong with public equity," said Future Fund chairman, David Murray, as the debate heats up over the long-term impact of private equity takeovers on the publicly listed companies sector. Commenting on the round ...

GESB launches advice division for members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
Western Australia's $8 billion public sector super fund GESB has launched a new financial advice service for members, with a former Mercer exec to head up the division. Former Mercer HR Consulting executive, Michael Heffernan, will head up the GESB ...

BankWest goes east

... outlets in and around Sydney last year. Reid commented, "We are already a market leader in our home state of Western Australia and remain committed to our West Australian customers, but it is our view there is room for greater competition in Australian ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... prices overnight. BHP Billiton announced it had approved a major expansion to its Pilbara iron ore operations in Western Australia, which will increase annual output to 155 million tonnes, however, the resource giant's shares lost six cents to $29.20. ...

Houses at half price

Families priced out of the property market can avail of a new product that only requires them to stump up 50 per cent of the cost of property. St George bank and property group Australand have banded together to offer a 'co-ownership plan', a type of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
... by 0.9 per cent in January after rises of 0.2 per cent in December and November. The largest increase was in Western Australia with a 1.8 per cent rise whereas the Australian Capital Territory was the only geographical area not to record a rise for the ...

FPA member fined and expelled

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has expelled a member in the continuing fallout from the Westpoint disaster. Western Australian planner Annemieke de Boer of Centro Financial Synergy was charged with 35 breaches of the FPA's Code of Ethics and ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
Following the lead of the Western Australian Government, which announced a $300 million scheme whereby the State government would take a 30-40 per cent share in home ownership with 3,000 low to middle income earners, the national Labor spokeswoman for ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... on population growth can be seen from ABS data that reveals that the resource rich states of Queensland and Western Australia have led the nation with annual population growth now running at 1.9 and 2 per cent respectively versus the likes of NSW on ...