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Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
They just won't stop coming, do they? Yes them, the bad news. This time it came courtesy of the World Bank (WB). The WB went on a chopping spree - slashing its growth outlook for the Asia and the Pacific region to 7.2% this year and 7.6% in 2013 - down ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on the US and European markets overnight. At 0821 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,485. In economic news on Tuesday, the National Australia ...

Trading mistake forces Indian exchange crash

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
A $US125 million trading mistake last week caused India's National Stock Exchange to briefly crash, triggering a trading halt and a 15.5% fall on the main index. Mistakes made by a local brokerage in placing orders, saw the exchange's Nifty index fall ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
The Australian share market has opened flat following a lacklustre lead from the US on Friday despite employment figures coming in better than expected. At 1040 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.0 points, or 0.13 per cent, at ...

Upside from frontier markets untapped: Feriani

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
When the tide turns on an economic climate that cultivates negativity, a lot more investment will find its way to a basket of frontier markets currently overlooked by emerging market index providers. That's the view of Dr Slim Feriani, chief executive ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Was it good? Or was it bad? I refer, of course, to that mother of all eco stats - the US non-farm payrolls report - the one that'll guide financial market activity, if not through the end of this year or longer, at least until next month. It was good. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a lacklustre overnight lead from the US where employment figures came in better than expected. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down one point at 4,493. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Australian shares have opened higher due to strong gains in the resources and financial sectors. At 1016 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.7 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 4,475.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...

Fidelity's Taylor kicks-off scholarship

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
A new scholarship has been established to encourage the next generation of fund managers. The London Business School and Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, have established the Taylor Family Scholarship, which ...

Super fund backs News Corp independence push

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Rupert Murdoch's dual role as chairman and chief executive of News Corporation will be challenged by at least one Australian superannuation fund at the company's annual general meeting in Los Angeles on 16 October. A proposal that the News Corp chairperson ...