Mark Beyer

As Senior Editor at Business News, Mark Beyer has a wide-ranging brief to research, analyse and report on the issues, trends and personalities affecting the business community in Western Australia. Mark has 35 years' career experience, primarily in business journalism. He joined Business News in 2002 and previously worked for The Australian Financial Review and The West Australian, and also has public relations and corporate affairs experience. Before becoming a journalist, he was an economist with the Commonwealth Treasury in Canberra. 

A financial year-end check list

A financial year-end check list

By Mark Beyer

A POPULAR saying in financial planning circles is that “people don’t plan to fail, they fail to plan”.One of the hindrances to good planning is that many people simply don’t know where to start.

26 Jun 2001
Gearing undergoes a renaissance

Gearing undergoes a renaissance

By Mark Beyer

THE crackdown by the Australian Tax Office on agricultural investment schemes has led to a renewal of interest in gearing as a tax minimisation strategy.

12 Jun 2001
What makes an index tick?

What makes an index tick?

By Mark Beyer

NEXT time you look at the performance of the Australian stockmarket, it might pay to look closely at how that performance is measured.

12 Jun 2001
Diversifying investment styles pays off

Diversifying investment styles pays off

By Mark Beyer

DIVERSIFICATION is widely accep-ted as one of the fundamentals of good financial management: “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”, we are frequently told.But what does this mean in practice? How far should investors take the concept?

05 Jun 2001
Doogue decides to go HOME

Doogue decides to go HOME

By Mark Beyer

JAMES Doogue, one of the stalwarts of Perth’s financial planning community, is winding down his involvement in the industry.

05 Jun 2001
Tax planning a year-round task

Tax planning a year-round task

By Mark Beyer

JUDGING by the media coverage and public debate during the past year, the only tax change anybody seems to worry about is the introduction of the GST.

22 May 2001
Reserve chief issues super funds warning

Reserve chief issues super funds warning

By Mark Beyer

RESERVE Bank governor Ian Macfarlane has issued a warning about the regulation of 10,000 small and medium sized superannuation funds supervised by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.

22 May 2001
The risk versus return trade-off

The risk versus return trade-off

By Mark Beyer

LAST week this column provided a broad introduction to the warrants market. This week, we discuss a number of trading and investment opportunities using warrants.

08 May 2001
Going global

Going global

By Mark Beyer

A NEW investment product from Societe Generale illustrates the diversity of the warrants market.SG CaPELS are promoted as the first stock market investment guaranteed not to lose principal.

01 May 2001
Do the risks justify the rewards?

Do the risks justify the rewards?

By Mark Beyer

RISK-return trade-off is a phrase widely used in the investment industry. But what does it mean in practice? How does the average investor decide if their portfolio is generating suitable returns to justify the risk?

24 Apr 2001
Funds shuffle staff

Funds shuffle staff

By Mark Beyer

THE recent staff shuffle at BT Funds Management and AMP Henderson Global Investors has posed the question: How important are individuals to the performance of a fund manager?

10 Apr 2001

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