Mark Beyer

BIOTECHNOLOGY company Sirtex Medical has ended its long-running legal dispute with the University of Western Australia and Bruce Gray, after it was paid the final installment in its $5.8 million co

A MANAGEMENT restructuring at IT services firm ASG Group has created opportunities for competitors Empired and Ajilon, which have bolstered their executive teams with new recruits.

Goldfields Credit Union has lodged a prospectus ahead of its long-awaited stockmarket float, revealing that it will spend $1.86 million to demutualise and raise $9 million in new capital.

Western Australia’s share of GST grants will fall to a record low next year, with the state due to get back just 55 per cent of all GST collected here.

Clough chief executive Kevin Gallagher has outlined plans to restructure and refocus the engineering contractor, to ensure it is more focused on commercial outcomes that reward shareholders.

WHEN Adam Harry joined John Holland in 2007, the engineering and construction group’s Western Australian division had annual turnover of $115 million.

Biotechnology company Sirtex Medical said today that its long-running legal dispute with the University of WA and Bruce Gray has ended, after it was paid the final instalment in its $5.8 million co

IT services minnow Empired today announced several senior appointments, giving it “arguably one of the strongest and most experienced IT leadership teams in the country".

Sustained rapid population growth in Perth should be manageable, but the cost will depend on how we allow the city to develop.

BLACKBURNE Property Group is stepping up its development activities, with the launch this month of a $44 million apartment project in East Perth and a further two projects in the inner suburbs on t

NINE major oil and gas companies including Chevron, Shell and Woodside have agreed to establish a Perth-based cluster group that is designed to fast-track investment in new technologies for the sec

From a standing start 12 years ago, Bhagwan Marine has built a large business in oil and gas services and has now attracted backing from private equity to support its growth.

PERTH investment adviser Graeme Yukich reckons his industry is in for a major shake-up driven by new regulations, and has hired a chief executive he believes is the best man to seize the opportunit

Listed company STW Group has added to its Perth media and communications interests by purchasing a 49 per cent shareholding in public and investor relations firm Purple Communications.

Perth companies Arafura Resources and Raisama have both slashed the size of their board of directors, in order to cut costs as they continue long-running negotiations over the funding and developme

Many people who criticise big business may not realise how much they enjoy the benefits delivered by those very same businesses.

CANADIAN company director Colin Steyn continues to be a keen investor in Australian mining stocks, recently lifting his stake in three Perth-based companies.

THE cooperative movement is calling on governments around Australia to align the state-based regulation of the sector.

FTI Consulting and Professional Public Relations are the top financial PR firms in Perth, WA Business News’ annual corporate finance survey has found.

EMPLOYMENT and training company Skill Hire is poised to step up its expansion, particularly through acquisitions, after securing the backing of private equity investor Banksia Capital.

Iron ore miner Mount Gibson Iron has declared its maiden interim dividend, despite production problems at its mines and a slump in interim profit.

Perth law firms Lavan Legal and Maxim Litigation Consultants have announced plans to merge in April, creating by far the largest litigation practice in the state.

The RBA has an enviable track record but has left many observers perplexed by its latest interest rate decision.

Allen & Overy, Freehills and Allens Arthur Robinson have topped WA Business News’ inaugural corporate finance league tables for law firms.

 Perth company NLV Group, best known for its National Lifestyle Villages, has added a fourth division to its business with the acquisition of Velocity Villages.

Macquarie Group has appointed Perth deal-maker and company director Mark Barnaba as chairman of its Western Australian operations, bolstering its status as one of the top investment banks in WA.

Corporate finance deals launched or completed in Western Australia during 2011 were worth a whopping $59.8 billion, a survey by WA Business News has found.

The state government has announced broad plans for a major shake-up of the state's ports, with planned mergers of regional port authorities, increased private sector investment, and the exclusion o

Norwegian group Yara International has secured control of Burrup Fertilisers after striking a deal with Apache Energy that will see them become joint owners of the business, while also disclosing t

Mark McGowan made a genuinely intriguing comment last week when he criticised the premier for being a “1970s interventionist”.

MAYBE it’s human nature when times are uncertain, but when corporate finance players in Perth were asked to comment on market trends over the past year, most had a glass half-empty perspective.

THREE corporate advisory firms, each with a very different profile, stood out as market leaders in the mergers and acquisitions sector last year.