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Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is headed for its biggest fall of the year as investors worry about weak global economic growth. The fall of almost two per cent on the Dow Jones overnight was the heaviest for 2014. If the ASX200 sustains its early falls ...

FEATURE: Big data and financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
It has changed the way friends interact with each other, the way people think and express themselves and, above everything, it has changed the way people buy. Consumers want to be able to buy anything, at any time, through any device. Companies in all ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
Uh-oh, looks like the Wall Street seesaw has just been whipsawed. Wall Street's action - and their presumed causes -- over the past three days are summed up in Bloomberg's headlines over the past three days: S&P 500 Falls to Nine-Week Low on Global ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after heavy falls on Wall Street where oil and coal stocks led the tumble as the price of oil continued a multi-week decline. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract ...

One third of risk advisers non-compliant, ASIC says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Financial advisers specialising in life insurance must lift the quality of advice and ensure that the interests of their clients are given priority, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has said. ASIC reviewed more than 200 advice ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following overnight gains on Wall St where the US Federal Reserve hinted it would not raise interest rates. Steady interest rates have a negative effect on the US dollar and bond yields, and increase the ...

Nikko AM ups weighting to global shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Nikko Asset Management has increased its overweight in global equities in light of a positive macroeconomic environment and accommodative US monetary policy. The global investment committee of the Tokyo-based asset manager decided to raise its overweight ...

Scale drove CalPERS hedge fund move

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Lack of hedge fund scale forced CalPERS to abandon the sector, not the inability of hedge funds to perform Last month the US$300 billion California public sector pension fund rattled global hedge fund managers when they announced they were cashing out ...

Perpetual reveals details of first LIC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
Perpetual Investments has unveiled the details of its first listed investment company, Perpetual Equity Investment Company Limited. Trading under the ASX code PIC, the company is designed to deliver regular income and long-term capital growth through ...

Active fund failure shown in new data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
The vast majority of Australian active managed funds have under-performed their respective benchmark across virtually all sectors of the market over one, three and five years, the latest data from S&P Dow Jones Indices shows. The worst offending sector ...