Our weekly appointments wrap includes Carl Parlongo, Marius van der Merwe, Riaan Piek, Alexandra Turner, Steve Harris, Nick Yeo, Ashlee Harrison and Lee Schofield.
Lanco will be pushing to replace Griffin Coal's liquidators but lost its preferred appointment of Pitcher Partners after Bluewaters Power Station's intervention in the Federal Court.
ASX-listed property development company Ultima United has gone into liquidation less than a month after telling the market it would be seeking legal representation to stop the process.
Lower inflation numbers in the US this week give hope that price pressure is slowing, according to Pitcher Partners executive director Christian Golding.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Adam Bick, Jacob Deysel, Ben Macpherson, Nick Burns, Melanie Leighton, Matthew Carr, Andrew Forman, Melissa Winks, Ian Wells, Stephen Neale and Kate Casellas.
Investment policies must align with a not-for-profit's mission, rather than reflect the loudest voice in the room, writes Pitcher Partners' Simon Montgomery.
Budget: Mark McGowan wants the federal government to extend a COVID-19 health funding deal; cost of living relief praised; Deloitte says budget “short termism to the extreme”.
Pitcher Partners chair Bryan Hughes and his wife Mai are looking to take their fresh food box business to the Australian Stock Exchange via a $6 million IPO.
Business insolvencies in April were at their lowest in almost a decade in Western Australia, suggesting emergency COVID-19 provisions for directors had a major impact.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate to a new record low of 0.5 per cent as it acts to soften the economic impact of the coronavirus, with Australia's "big four" banks each announcing they would pass on the rate cut in full.
WA BUDGET: Federal infrastructure grants and reform of the GST have helped the state government project a $1.5 billion operating surplus in the upcoming financial year, although funding for the Ellenbrook rail line is largely absent.
Coolgardie Minerals has appointed Pitcher Partners' Daniel Bredenkamp and Bryan Hughes voluntary administrators six months after the Neil Warburton-chaired gold hopeful was added to the ASX.
SPECIAL REPORT: Business News has been tracking changes among WA's accounting firms for 25 years, including seminal events like the collapse of Andersen and the break-up of the old PKF practice.
Liquidators have been appointed to Burswood-based Hayes Auctioneers after the business suffered financial difficulties, with up to 40 sellers out of pocket.
Accounting, auditing and advisory firm Pitcher Partners has made a move on its strategy to grow its presence in Perth by taking up residency at 12-14 The Esplanade, overlooking Elizabeth Quay.
Oil and gas software developer Stochastic Simulation has gone into liquidation, about five months after it went into receivership, with secured creditors likely to receive about 4 cents in the dollar in a best-case scenario.
Pitcher Partners managing director Bryan Hughes has announced he will move on to chair the Perth-headquartered firm, with executive director Leon Mok to step into his role.
Water is being pumped out of a disused iron ore mine on a Western Australian island after pit walls slumped, sparking fears it could collapse and contaminate the ocean on the other side.
A major shareholder in failed manganese company Mesa Minerals has lost its bid to have administrators replaced after the Supreme Court ruled there was no evidence of bias between Pitcher Partners and Mesa's largest stakeholder, Mineral Resources.
Perth-based architecture firm DAPM Architects is in the hands of liquidators, less than a week after it was spun-out of national group DesignInc, but its managing director says the collapse represents an opportunity for a new beginning.
SPECIAL REPORT: The stock market's appetite for new listings is allowing a range of companies, from family-owned engineering firm Veem to big national player Alinta Energy, to raise capital.
Engineering business VEEM is forecasting strong growth in revenue in the current financial year but a fall in profit, the family owned company has disclosed in the prospectus for its $25 million initial public offering.
Struggling iron ore miner Pluton Resources has fallen back into the hands of receivers and managers, less than six months after the board regained control of the company, as part of a new structuring proposal.
Perth franchise group Quick Colour Print has gone into liquidation, adding to a string of Western Australian business collapses this month, including two substantial construction contractors and a
Perth-based explorer Kin Mining has agreed to purchase the Leonora gold project in the Goldfields from the administrators of Navigator Resources for $2.7 million.
Luke Saraceni's Westgem Investments has been placed into liquidation, following a heated creditors meeting in Perth this morning in which leading insolvency experts argued over who should be appoin
Platinum Australia has been placed into voluntary administration, citing operational issues at its Smokey Hills mine in South Africa and a costly dispute with a former contractor.
