INTEREST rates may be near historically low levels, inflation well in check and the domestic dollar at a competitive rate with the US dollar, but all of this good economic management stands to be swept aside if the world’s
OSTENSIBLY designed to protect investors, the Financial Services Reform legislative package contains some requirements aimed squarely at those it sets out to assist.
WESTERN Australia’s stamp duty and payroll tax imposts are major reasons novated car lease arrangements are proving attractive to business in this State, according to salary packager Paradigm Total Salary Management.
MINERAL Commodities has announced plans to proceed with a pre-feasibility study at the Xolobeni Titanium project, 200 kilometres south of Durban in South Africa after receiving a $2.9 million grant from the South African Export
MORE than 30 per cent of all global mining expenditure will be conducted using e-business, presenting tremendous opportunities for WA mining supply firms, according to the Australian Trade Commission.
THE WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy has welcomed the findings of a report by the Auditor General into the administration of the mineral titles system, but believes the report should have taken a wider approach on the
OPPORTUNITIES abound for Homeloans Limited to move into the potentially lucrative wealth management business, adding value to its existing customer base in the process, according to the business’s managing director.
VITICULTURAL Asset Management has received another setback to its dream of developing a vineyard in Manjimup after failing in a bid to raise almost $20 million.
HOME Building Society has radically altered its business direction during the past year from that of home lender and property developer to financial planner.
THE distinctions between non-bank lenders and the large banking institutions are becoming increasingly blurred as the two sectors of the financial services reform their operations and encroach on each other’s turf.
THE Australian Tax Office says it has been inundated with investors willing to accept its terms after a second case involving mass marketed schemes was decided in the ATO’s favour.
DIRT provider Peat Resources of Australia has had a wind-up order initiated against it by CGU-VACC Insurance Limited, which is scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court on July 4.
A PERTH industrial relations consultancy is the first agency involved in the Office of the Employment Advocate’s Australian Workplace Agreements fast-tracking pilot program.
Last week, WA Business News reported on the best times to buy new fleets. In his report this week, Gary Kleyn looks at different finance options available to businesses.
A DROP in the world equity market and the rise in the Australian dollar has many investors nervously watching as their superannuation takes a step backwards.
