Gary Kleyn

POOLED development funds have gained more widespread acceptance in the investor community despite the challenging environment of the past year.

Chinese surnames always precede the given name.

IN the year or so since its entry in to the World Trade Organisation, China has been promoted as ‘the place to invest or export’ by both the Federal and Western Australian governments.

INVESTORS touched by gold fever and with the nerve to back a new package of gold tenements have an option in Chameleon Mining NL.

WA companies accounted for almost one in five profit warnings during the second half of calendar 2002, with the State’s corporates going against the national trend, where the number of downgrades Australia-wide dropped after a dismal start to the year.

In part four of his series on collectibles, Gary Kleyn examines some of the tax implications. HOBBYISTS and serious collectible investors beware. When it comes to tax planning issues it makes no difference what your motives for holding collectibles are.

IF you think individual businesses will find it hard under the new Contaminated Sites legislation, spare a thought for the WA Government.

A LOOK at the latest Access Economics survey on returns for collectibles leaves one with the impression that coins are anything but an attractive investment proposition.

MUCH more effort is required to implement agricultural reform in the European Union, according to Trade Minister Mark Vaile.

THE opening of a new four-level, 9850 square metre manufacturing plant and imminent appointment of a new chief executive at the Gold Corporation mark an exciting new phase for the Perth Mint.

ALTHOUGH prevention is the best medicine, there are a number of ways a person or company can protect themselves from being responsible for cleaning up a contami

DIAMOND Rose NL has issued a $5 million prospectus for one of its subsidiary companies, Kimberley Rose NL, which company chairwoman Pnina Feldman hopes will hel

A decade in the planning and a dozen drafts later, the Contaminated Sites Bill 2002 has put the State’s landowners on notice, as Gary Kleyn reports.

THE Western Australian Gold Corporation has got the jump on possible competitors, announcing its intention to issue an Australian Stock Exchange pro-duct giving personal investors and institutions exposure to gold.

JAPAN’S economy may have lost its drive but, with a population of 126.8 million and an average per capita income of more than $50,000 a year, it remains the second largest market in the world and Australia’s largest trading partner since 1969.

A MALAGA-BASED manufacturer has recently signed a deal with Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki to supply the Japanese market with special beach cleaning technology.

WESTERN Australian oil and gas producer Woodside Energy continued its geographical expansion with last week’s announcement that it had taken a farm-in interest in a field in the Gulf of Mexico.

WHILE many resource companies have gone through the Australian Stock Exchange doors via an initial public offering, investors increasingly have the opportunity

MINIMUM training standards for those providing financial product advice to retail clients, introduced last year by the Federal Government to protect investors,

MARKET uncertainty may bring dismal times for investors in stocks and the many businesses that feed off share traders, but the same cannot be said for the market in collectibles.

BEEF exports to Japan may have boomed during the past year but producers soon could find themselves a victim of their own success.

FUND of Hedge Funds may have failed to deliver expected returns over the past three years, yet they still outperformed most other assets classes, pending currency movements.

A PERTH businessman feels cheated after the Department of Immigration deported a Chinese man whom was summonsed to appear before the Supreme Court in a civil action.

NICKEL producer Mincor Resources NL has announced positive initial results, which could lead to an extension to its 76 per cent owned Miitel Nickel Mine.

THE Western Australian Government signed a $15 million deal with Indigenous groups over the Burrup Peninsula just days short of an arbitration decision that was to be handed down and despite the groups having no determined claim over Native Title. Howeve

A RECENT Australian Securities and Investment Commission discussion paper may represent little more than guidelines to fund managers at this stage, but they could lead to a dramatic change in investment decisions made in Australia.

CUTTING prices is often seen as an easy way for businesses to boost their turnover, especially in difficult trading conditions. But it’s a strategy that is fraught with danger.

BUSINESS and government organisations in the State’s South West have stepped up the push to develop the region into an export success story.

THE signing last week of a letter of intent by Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) to negotiate for liquefied natural gas from the North West Shelf venture was significant in a number of ways.

A NEW package of base metal and gold tenements is expected to hit the street any day after Berkeley Resources lodged a $4.6 million prospectus with the Australi

BRICKS and mortar, shares and bonds are often portrayed as safe assets with healthy returns over the longer term.