The state government is seeking expressions of interest to develop the heritage-listed East Perth power station site into a precinct that includes a mix of living, working and leisure opportunities.
Planned federal government reforms to the ‘significant investor visa' program risk making the scheme unpalatable to potential migrants, according to 888 Fund managing director John Garland.
Following the money is always the best way to see what interests a rich man because it tells you two things – what he likes as an investment for future growth, and what he sees as having reached the limits of growth.
Oil and gas producer Beach Energy has flagged a $166 million writedown on the value of its assets, as a result the dramatic slide in global oil prices.
It's not easy to feel sympathy for Perth's super-rich as they watch their fortunes shrink, but the problems of Gina Rinehart, Andrew Forrest, Kerry Stokes, Angela Bennett and Stan Perron are a powerful pointer to the problems facing everyone in Western Australia.
Chairman of education provider Navitas, Harvey Collins, has joined the ranks of some of the top business leaders in WA by winning the Australian Institute of Company Directors gold medal award for WA.
Kerry Stokes is one of Australia's wealthiest and most private business leaders, but that has changed with the release of two biographies in two years. However conspicuous gaps in what we know about his deals and erstwhile partners remain.
Business leader Kerry Stokes says the Western Australian economy is heading for its toughest period in two decades, but expects the state will resume healthy growth within a couple of years.
It has been a tough quarter for dealmakers as commodity and share prices slump but some players see promise in the market shake-out. This Special Report includes a fully updated database with 146 deals for the quarter and an updated stockbrokers list.
The appointment of investment banker Michael Ashforth as manager of the Bennett family's $1.5 billion fortune highlights the maturing of Western Australia's private wealth market.
BC Iron is one step closer to completing its $256 million takeover bid for the Kerry Stokes-backed Iron Ore Holdings, after major shareholder Australian Capital Equity yesterday accepted the offer.
Nexus Energy shareholders have rejected Seven Group Holdings' $26.6 million takeover after the final proxy voting results were confirmed late yesterday.
Cash-strapped oil and gas company Nexus Energy has warned shareholders it will likely be forced into administration if a planned takeover by Seven Group Holdings fails to win approval.
CBH Group chief executive Andrew Crane has been appointed a member of Australia's B20 Leadership Group, a private sector consortium that produces policy recommendations for international finance leaders for the annual G20 Leaders Summit in Brisbane next year.
The recent publication of two listings of influential business leaders provided food for thought about the growing international influence on Western Australia.
Property executives were the big movers in this year's Wealth Creators list, while the resources slowdown put the hurt on mining services directors' fortunes.
It's hard to imagine anyone being unhappy with Andrew and Nicola Forrest's remarkably generous $65 million donation to establish a system of educational scholarships to rival that created by Cecil Rhodes more than 100 years ago.
The record $16.8 million donated this year to Telethon's annual fundraising weekend – the charity's most successful event to date – will mean more money in the pockets of the chosen beneficiaries,
The value of shares held by some of the biggest names in mining have slumped along with the companies they lead, but there are pockets of good news in what has been a tough year on the markets.
A fresh capital raising and further asset sales are believed to be among the options being evaluated by iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group, which has halted trade in its shares as negotiations c
WHEN Don Voelte stepped down as Woodside Petroleum CEO last year there was little indication he planned to do much more than use his board membership at Seven West Media as an excuse to regularly v
AS the world enters its fifth year of economic turbulence and even the best-insulated businesses in Western Australia are being affected, the factors that determine business influence in this state
In a year when big deals were few and far between, the $4 billion acquisition by the Kerry Stokes-controlled WA Newspapers Holdings to buy most of his other media assets was something of a standout
NIGEL and Denise Satterley's art purchases may have started off as an investment but there's no doubt that the couple has evolved into bona fide aficionados.
