PERHAPS patient investors in Perth-based oil and gas print and Internet publisher Aspermont Limited will be rewarded in the current financial year if the company meets projections.
A RECENT attack on the Australian Stock Exchange by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission appears to have struck a nerve with the listing body.
THE Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry has slipped quietly out of Perth but the noises already being made by the Commissioner Terence Cole QC indicate that some industry players have good reason to fear for their future.
WHILE things appear dismal on the US stock exchange, it is perhaps timely to remind ourselves that Australian investors have reasons to remain optimistic.
THE Australian Tax Office could be forgiven for thinking that the high uptake of its settlement offer to managed investment scheme investors has put the matter to rest.
A REVIEW of the Trade Practices Act and its administrator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has provided businesses with a window of opportunity.
BUSINESS managers and accountants will enjoy substantial savings in fleet management costs if an industry submission to the Federal Government is endorsed.
PALANDRI Wines, viewed enviously by rival scheme promoters because of its ability to raise $110 million in the past three years from investors, may be losing its shine.
HAVING a strong distribution network is the key to achieving healthy sales in managed investment schemes, according to Great Southern Plantations general manager Cameron Rhodes.
IT has been a hard slog for Perth-based online stock broker Sanford Limited, however, the company bills its quarterly results that were released this week, as one of its most positive yet.
COMPANY directors are usually the first to feel the wrath of shareholders and other stake-holders when the chips are down, but many board members feel they are being given a rawdeal.
MIRVAC Fini has lodged and presented the proposed structure plan for its $700 million joint venture development with Burswood Ltd on the old Swan Portland site in Victoria Park.
MOUNT Gibson Iron Limited and the Geraldton Port Authority have signed a contract to export 1.5 million tonnes of iron ore from the Geraldton Port to China.
AUSTRALIAN superannuation fund trustees may be generally more comfortable using large managers with a strong brand name to manage their fund’s investments, but it appears they have lost out financially by adopting such a strategy.
NEW legislation introduced by the Federal Parliament in 2001, which came into force on July 1, has placed greater demands on businesses embarking on research and development.
IN keeping with its advocacy of investors, clients and staff undertaking non-financial audits of their own, CPA Australia has issued a corporate governance health checklist to help company stakeholders achieve this aim.
THE question of debt versus equity is one that will be faced by all business operators at some stages of growth, but the answer will often differ depending on the product or service being sold.
INTEREST rates may be at near 30-year lows, but already debt collection agencies are raking in slabs of new job orders.Dun & Bradstreet last week reported a 200 per cent growth in the number of accounts taken on by the group in 2001.
