PATERSONS Securities and Macquarie Capital Advisers have topped WA Business News' survey of Western Australian capital raisings, with each firm involved in transactions worth just over $1 billion.
THE dampening effect of post-crash market volatility on conventional merger and acquisition activity has left many playmakers looking to backdoor opportunities for corporate action.
IT is not often that a move by one person can shake up a marketplace but the defection earlier this year of Michael Ashforth to Macquarie Capital from Gresham has had a big impact.
WESTERN Australian builders are experiencing teething problems with the transition to new builders' warranty insurers, which the industry expects will result in higher costs for property buyers as the market adjusts to the withdrawal of the sector's large
THE Australian Institute of Architects has named Saint Mary's Cathedral at Victoria Square the outstanding Western Australian building project of 2010.
Two Perth developers, Cedar Woods and Jaxon, are among nine developers to have successfully bid for land in the Pilbara Cities initiative at South Hedland.
West-Perth based Atlantic has announced plans for a $55 million capital raising to fund construction and commissioning of the Windimurra vanadium project in Western Australia.
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is urging the Federal Government not to step back from its budget announcement that it will gradually increase the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) to 12 percent.
NEW Zealand-based contracting group Fulton Hogan is aiming to boost its market share in Western Australia after buying out its joint venture partners and rebranding its local operations.
As the Western Australian commercial construction industry heads towards the end of a boom period, the major players are spreading their wings in search of the big jobs.
AN array of government-funded building projects, including theatres, Tafe colleges and police centres is boosting the order books of construction firms in Western Australia.
THE $6 million restoration program of William Street in Northbridge, which is approaching completion, has attracted some of Perth's most notable hospitality operators including restaurateur and Little World Beverages director Nic Trimboli.
PERTH'S six western suburbs councils have expressed their concerns to Premier Colin Barnett over the proposed introduction of development assessment panels.
FUNDING is a perennial bugbear for not for profits – how to get more money, securing ongoing funding in order to make future projects viable, and attracting funds from individuals and corporations in a field crowded with worthy causes.
Guildford's Rose & Crown Hotel has undergone a significant upgrade during the past six years, but owners Mark and Tracey Weber haven't finished yet. Russell Quinn reports.
The mining boom has accentuated a new kind of fiscal discipline on governments, with electorates seemingly demanding a link between windfall gains and concrete objects.
Auditor General Colin Murphy says urgent action needs to be taken to avoid further cost blowouts or time delays on the $1.76 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital project.
West Perth-based Green Rock has signed an agreement with the University of Western Australia to use geothermal energy to cool and heat commercial buildings.
The ASX Appeal Tribunal has overturned the Exchange's earlier decision to ban the relisting of shares in two Tony Sage companies, International Petroleum and Global Iron.
The Western Australian arm of national construction giant Probuild has been named preferred builder to take over from Salta Constructions at stalled high-rise office tower Raine Square.
