Mark Beyer

MORTGAGE brokers are about to become a lot more visible across Perth, with three competing groups set to open new shopfront offices in coming months.

LOCAL industry is in danger of missing out on major engineering and construction work on Woodside’s $1.5 billion Enfield oil project, casting doubt on its chances of winning work on future big offshore projects such as Gorgon.

A PROPOSAL to exempt insurance agents from disclosing commissions on risk products has been roundly criticised by financial planners and the consumer lobby.

UNITED Farmers Co-operative has foreshadowed more intense competition in Western Australia’s fertiliser market following the opening last week of its new bulk handl

WHAT do meatworkers, corporate advisory firm Mainsheet Corporate and emerging technology company Smarttrack Pty Ltd have in common?

THE owners of the Goldfields Gas Transmission Pipeline have agreed to invest $11 million in a new compressor station to expand the capacity of the pipeline.

FROM 11,500 recent audits for superannuation compliance, the ATO has found that $124 million of super funds remain unpaid.

CORPORATE advisery firm Mainsheet Corporate has set sail from its big brother, with management buying out 50 per cent shareholder Freehills.

WESTERN Australian businesses have been urged to start planning now for the implementation of international accounting standards in 2005.

A NATIONAL package to tackle the crisis in professional indemnity insurance has been welcomed by a range of professional groups.

THE good news was flowing freely at Wesfarmers’ annual profit announcement this week, with managing director Michael Chaney speaking positively about the company’s

THE local developer of an innovative perimeter security system has concluded a national distribution agreement with Alarmcom, one of Australia’s major wholesalers of electronic security products.

This week Mark Beyer looks at the impact of the tighter insurance market.

A US investment fund plans to start actively marketing a new type of capital raising in the local market after completing its first deal with an Australian Stock Exchange-listed company.

VENTURE capital group VentureAxess has outlined ambitious growth plans, including $40 million of capital raisings, following its merger with Perth’s TechStart Fund Managers.

THE methodology used by business brokers to value businesses was roundly criticised at an accounting forum in Perth early this week.

VENTUREAXESS’S wide range of investments includes a small firm at Jurien Bay that is tackling one of the key challenges facing the global aquaculture industry.

In this week’s article on risk management, Mark Beyer looks at business risks that may not be properly managed.

A REVIEW of planned business tax changes has concluded that Western Australia’s stamp duty regime will be far more onerous than that of any other State.

In the first of a three-part series on risk management, Mark Beyer looks at the management of currency and interest rate risks.

AN innovative security system developed in Perth has attracted wide industry interest after being judged second best new product at a major national trade show last month.

OAMPS Insurance Brokers will complete its fifth acquisition in Western Australia in three years when it absorbs local firm AD Irvine Insurance Brokers.

FINANCIAL Services Reform legislation could force many accountants to decide on the direction and structure of their business, a seminar in Perth was told this week

In the final instalment on equity raising, Mark Beyer looks at the impact of the weak stock market.

IT’S a long way from negotiating corporate finance deals on St Georges Terrace to repairing broken sewer pipes in the back blocks of Jandakot, but John Hassen is re

ROBERT Homes a Court and Alan Bond have both owned it in the past. Now a third West Australian entrepreneur, Seven Network chairman Kerry Stokes, is poised to own the NSW dealership for Caterpillar.

CONVERTIBLE notes are gaining popularity as a fund raising option for Western Australian companies, with Skywest Airlines and Xanadu Wines among local companies joi

PERTH’S newest insurance law firm, established by former partners of Jackson McDonald, has opened its doors for business.

A SMALL Sydney company has become the unlikely home for two well-known faces from the Perth business scene.

THE State Government’s new fabrication facility at Jervoise Bay has completed its third small project as it continues to chase the large-scale contracts for which it was designed.

A SELECT group of Western Australian lawyers has been nominated by their national peers as being among the best in the country. The nominated lawyers have been included in publishing group Asian Legal Business’s inaugural Legal Who’s Who.

BROKING house Hartleys will lose two senior staff next month, when high-profile dealer Andrew Frazer and industrial analyst Steve Piotrowski join rival firms.