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WA closures signal mining boom end: Veda

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Western Australia's economic engine is losing steam while the eastern states appear to have regained economic momentum via new business openings during the past 12 months, according to new insights by data intelligence company, Veda. Veda's latest data ...

Deferred tax impacts IOOF profit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... the number of aligned advisers, increases IOOF's fund under administration and provides access to the growth engines of Western Australia and Queensland, said IOOF. IOOF said that its acquisitions during the previous financial year demonstrated its commitment ...

Synchron appoints state manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Boutique financial advice licensee, Synchron has named Bernie Fernandes as a new state manager for Western Australia. Prior to his new role, Fernandes was a state manager for Accountancy Insurance and Mortgage Choice in WA, where he successfully restructured ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... it has secured $US1.5 billion ($A1.44 billion) in new funding for the expansion of its flagship iron ore operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region. BHP Billiton was 87 cents, or 2.78 per cent higher, at $32.17 and Rio Tinto gained $1.85, or 3.56 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers releases its performance of manufacturing index for July. In equities news, Great Western Exploration and King Solomon Mines are scheduled to hold annual general meetings. The Australian market on Tuesday closed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... AEST after the environmental authority said it supports Aquila's proposed port for its $6 billion iron ore project in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The big miners and the four major banks were all higher. BHP Billiton was up 29 cents to $31.92 ...

NGS Super moves into Qld, WA

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
NGS Super will increase its presence in Queensland and Western Australia, with two new business development managers hired to help drive the expansion. The fund is positioning itself to grow so it can achieve the size and economy of scale necessary ...

Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... half-Chinese long enough to understand this. The problem with all those hard landing forecasters is that they view China through western eyes. Unlike western democracies, whose governments rely on what Adam Smith termed the "invisible hand": that is ...

Older investors dumping equities

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... Equity Preference Index (EPI) - developed by Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) and the University of Western Australia Business School - measures a database of managed fund data to gauge investor sentiment in Australia. "The index ...

Premium China expands distribution team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... and high return with no gearing, no shorting and no collateral debt obligations, according to Wu. "Because of the fact Western economies have interest rates close to zero, if there is any actual interest rate increase, because of the yield curve bond ...