Murdoch University chancellor David Flanagan has revealed up to five senior executives are under investigation, while also disclosing some of the “shocking” evidence against them.
The top end of the accounting profession in Western Australia has nearly doubled in size over the past decade, whereas the state's major law firms have recorded minimal growth, according to employment data compiled by Business News.
Global private equity group Denham Capital has teamed up with former Karara Mining chief executive Steve Murdoch to establish a venture that will invest in a handful of new and established mining projects.
New and established players in the management consulting sector are beefing up their practices, undeterred by the slowdown in project work in the mining industry.
KPMG associate director Nicole Lockwood has joined the new board of Infrastructure Australia, which recently became an independent statutory authority.
FEATURE: Two Perth-based organisations – one well established and one relatively new – are taking giant strides towards normalising and encouraging more women in mining workforces.
Accounting giant KPMG has bought mining-focused management consultancy firm Momentum Partners in a transaction estimated to be worth about $5 million, adding to the flurry of recent professional se
Peter Nolin has left WAFarmers to take on a role at KPMG's management consulting division as a director – strategy and business development, just six months after joining the farming federation as
Accounting group PKF will find itself in the unusual position of having two member firms in Perth, after the members of the mid-tier Lawler alliance agreed to join the global network.
SPECIAL REPORT: One of the Barnett government's most innovative social reforms, seeking to marry hard-nosed investment bankers with not-for-profit groups, is under review.
US-based multinational Rollins Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire the assets and operations of Welshpool-based pest control company Allpest WA.
The proportion of resources sector workers in Western Australia using fly-in, fly-out work practices has increased to 55 per cent, a new study has estimated.
The sale of 16 private businesses worth an estimated $500 million helped to sustain activity in what was otherwise a depressed market for mergers and acquisitions in the September quarter in Western Australia.
Big accounting firms don't appear to share the gloom engulfing much of the resources industry in Western Australia, with the top players adding significant numbers to their partnership roll-calls.
West Perth company Ezeatm has announced an earning downgrade one week after sacking company founder and chief executive Todd Zani, who has allegedly responded by requesting a shareholder meeting to
Given the work they do, it should not be surprising to find that management consultants go through periods of change and renewal – adjusting to market demands and the people they have to meet that.
WA's role as the nation's economic powerhouse is no more evident than in the accounting sector, with strong growth a dominant feature of the past decade.
CHINA'S preference for deals at the bigger end of the investment spectrum may account for the high level of attention they receive at a political level.
OFTEN overlooked in the chest-thumping world of corporate finance are the accounting firms that perform many of the transactional elements of each deal.
Privately owned Bethesda Hospital in Claremont, chaired by former health department boss Neale Fong, has approached the state government to assist with a financing package to buy back its land and
LARGE organisations eager to contribute to the not-for-profit sector often lack the time to adequately research where funds or workplace volunteers can be best directed.
WHEN Celebrate WA announced Western Australia's Citizen of Year awards for 2009 two weekends ago the presence of the University of Western Australia would not have escaped the attention of many.
NEXT year may be the year of the insolvency practitioner but the sector was certainly gearing up for business in 2008 as the older hands of the sector recognised the signs of a stumbling bull market.
With the new financial year commencing this week, a number of Western Australia's lawyers and accountants will be celebrating the fact as new partners of their respective firms.
