The business dealings of Western Australia's big-name billionaires may grab most of the headlines, but last year it was Dale Alcock's ABN Group that deserved a closer look.
The annual Business News corporate finance survey has highlighted the top advisers in the WA market and the emergence of a new style of strategic investor.
The bluster around automation, artificial intelligence and jobs plays out online and in column inches most weeks around the world, but is it justified?
The state government's enthusiastic embrace of its regional trade partners, in particular China, has been at odds with a more cautious approach taken federally.
The pipeline of big resources projects in WA increasingly features complex processing plants, despite a spate of large cost blowouts on projects currently under way.
