Perth dealmaker Michael Ashforth is making a return to investment banking, seven years after he retired from Macquarie Capital to work for ‘rich lister’ Angela Bennett.
For Steve Tucker and his business partner Paul Heath the Western Australian market they bought into probably looks a world away from the Perth scene they left in the early 1990s to make their way to the very top of the financial services ladder.
A former financial adviser has pleaded guilty to dishonest conduct charges after the corporate watchdog alleged he made dozens of unauthorised transactions on behalf of clients.
RAC has reported a sharp fall in its annual profit after strong growth in its core operations was offset by investment writedowns and an unexpected spike in insurance claims.
Euroz Hartleys Group shareholders will receive a special dividend and return of capital amounting to $80 million from the sale of its fund management business which settled earlier this year.
The Perth-based owner of HotCopper has struck an $87 million deal to acquire classifieds brands Gumtree Australia, Autotrader and Carsguide as part of a plan to expand the media business.
Perth investment bank and stockbroker Argonaut has disclosed a big lift in annual profit to $16.7 million following its merger with advisory firm PCF Capital Group.
UUV Aquabotix will go ahead with a reverse takeover of emerging consumer fintech One Click Life after a successful fund raising effort that resulted in the maximum $5.5 million being accepted after oversubscriptions.
WA businesses plan to lift their salary budgets by 24 per cent to compete for talent and respond to inflation, according to a survey by professional services recruiter Robert Half.
A $250 million venture capital initiative launched by the Forrest family seeks to leverage the millions of dollars of health-related R&D funding by governments and bridge the commercialisation 'valley of death' faced by many startups.
The volatility of the stock market towards the end of the financial year has been further illustrated by results reported well after the June 30 cut-off date by specialist funds operating from Western Australia.
The lead auditor of failed ASX-listed video marketing company Big Un has been convicted over a report about its financial health less than a year before its collapse.
One of Western Australia’s biggest fund managers, Packer & Co, has spelled out the impact of Russian sanctions as it revealed a negative 1.2 per cent annual performance which still beat its benchmark markets.
A Perth businessman has failed in his bid to claw back $500,000 from financial advisor Gui De Castro and end a year-long legal battle over what he claims was a bungled investment deal.
Euroz Hartleys Group has announced a suite of appointments, with Fiona Kalaf joining its board of directors and Amanda Boyce and Ben Crossing taking senior executive roles.
A Mosman Park-based financial advisor has been charged with fraud after the corporate watchdog allegedly found he had stolen more than $1.8 million from clients.
A stockmarket trader who used the online chat forum HotCopper to ‘pump and dump’ shares faces the possibility of a long jail sentence after pleading guilty to 23 charges.
The corporate watchdog has torn up the licence of West Perth-based investment service Quattro Capital Group and barred director Grant Gibson over its ties to embattled investor Mayfair 101.
Perth-based financial advisory firm PMM Group and property entity My Two Boys will be wound up, almost one year after investors lobbed $2 million in claims against them.
One of Australia’s top corporate dealmakers, Jarden’s Aidan Allen, has splashed $4.2 million on a house in Perth but we’re told he is not moving west. It’s for holidays.
