Mark Beyer

Four months after accounting firms Moore Stephens and UHY Haines Norton merged, the combined group has settled on Exchange Tower as its new home.

The ownership of railways and stevedoring operations across Australia has been thrown into further doubt after logistics group Qube Holdings revealed plans for a break-up of Asciano, after teaming up with two big international investors to acquire a 19.9 per cent stake in the takeover target.

AHS Hospitality founder Stephen Lauder is aiming to purchase up to 10 hotels around Australia through a property syndication venture he has established with Ascot Capital.

Bruce McFadzean says mining executives need to rethink their remuneration structure, after joining Sheffield Resources on a package that ties most of his income to development of the Thunderbird mineral sands project.

SPECIAL REPORT: For the second year running, the value of shares held by company directors in WA has fallen sharply, though some operators defied the trend.

Two years after joining Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Group as chief operating officer, Grant Vernon has moved onto a new challenge at fast-growing cooking appliance company Thermomix.

The major shareholder in Octagonal Resources is planning to privatise the company after concluding there is no value in its ASX listing, and has proposed a capital reduction that ties in Andrew Forrest-backed A1 Consolidated Gold.

Western Australia’s largest health insurer is aiming for more growth in interstate markets to offset an expected loss of market share in its home state, after reporting a slide in its annual surplus.

Woodside Petroleum has fine-tuned its project portfolio as it deals with the impact of weak oil prices, selling one of its mature assets, deferring a new oil field development but proceeding with evaluation of another new development.