Mark Beyer

WESTERN Australian businesses have been urged to start planning now for the implementation of international accounting standards in 2005.

A NATIONAL package to tackle the crisis in professional indemnity insurance has been welcomed by a range of professional groups.

THE good news was flowing freely at Wesfarmers’ annual profit announcement this week, with managing director Michael Chaney speaking positively about the compan

THE local developer of an innovative perimeter security system has concluded a national distribution agreement with Alarmcom, one of Australia’s major wholesalers of electronic security products.

This week Mark Beyer looks at the impact of the tighter insurance market.

A US investment fund plans to start actively marketing a new type of capital raising in the local market after completing its first deal with an Australian Stock Exchange-listed company.

VENTURE capital group VentureAxess has outlined ambitious growth plans, including $40 million of capital raisings, following its merger with Perth’s TechStart Fund Managers.

THE methodology used by business brokers to value businesses was roundly criticised at an accounting forum in Perth early this week.

VENTUREAXESS’S wide range of investments includes a small firm at Jurien Bay that is tackling one of the key challenges facing the global aquaculture industry.

In this week’s article on risk management, Mark Beyer looks at business risks that may not be properly managed.

A REVIEW of planned business tax changes has concluded that Western Australia’s stamp duty regime will be far more onerous than that of any other State.

In the first of a three-part series on risk management, Mark Beyer looks at the management of currency and interest rate risks.

AN innovative security system developed in Perth has attracted wide industry interest after being judged second best new product at a major national trade show last month.

OAMPS Insurance Brokers will complete its fifth acquisition in Western Australia in three years when it absorbs local firm AD Irvine Insurance Brokers.

FINANCIAL Services Reform legislation could force many accountants to decide on the direction and structure of their business, a seminar in Perth was told this

In the final instalment on equity raising, Mark Beyer looks at the impact of the weak stock market.

IT’S a long way from negotiating corporate finance deals on St Georges Terrace to repairing broken sewer pipes in the back blocks of Jandakot, but John Hassen i

ROBERT Homes a Court and Alan Bond have both owned it in the past. Now a third West Australian entrepreneur, Seven Network chairman Kerry Stokes, is poised to own the NSW dealership for Caterpillar.

CONVERTIBLE notes are gaining popularity as a fund raising option for Western Australian companies, with Skywest Airlines and Xanadu Wines among local companies

PERTH’S newest insurance law firm, established by former partners of Jackson McDonald, has opened its doors for business.

A SMALL Sydney company has become the unlikely home for two well-known faces from the Perth business scene.

THE State Government’s new fabrication facility at Jervoise Bay has completed its third small project as it continues to chase the large-scale contracts for which it was designed.

A SELECT group of Western Australian lawyers has been nominated by their national peers as being among the best in the country. The nominated lawyers have been included in publishing group Asian Legal Business’s inaugural Legal Who’s Who.

BROKING house Hartleys will lose two senior staff next month, when high-profile dealer Andrew Frazer and industrial analyst Steve Piotrowski join rival firms.

FOR companies wanting to list on the Australian Stock Exchange, the traditional path is via an initial public offering. An alternative route that is comparatively attractive in the current depressed market is a ‘backdoor’ listing.

WORK on Western Australia’s largest fish farming project got under way this month at Exmouth.

KWINANA-based steel pipe manufacturer Tyco Water is planning a major expansion after winning an $80 million contract with the Water Corporation.

THE Gallop Government plans new legislation to ensure Western Australia can benefit fully from national venture capital laws. The State moves follow changes to Federal laws, which grant favourable tax treatment to venture capital limited partnerships.

THE Australian Stock Exchange’s listing rules are hindering capital raisings by smaller companies, according to West Perth investment banker John Kenny.

THE Federal Privacy Commissioner has effectively set a new standard for the debt collection industry as a result of a settlement with Alliance Factoring.

DOZENS of private sector projects are launched every year in Western Australia. Of all these projects, a select group has received big-ticket financial assistance – $600,000 or more – from the State Government.

WEST Perth law firm Blakiston & Crabb has expanded its technology practice with the acquisition of Silks Technology & Commercial Lawyers.