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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
The Australian share market is set to open lower on Tuesday after a lacklustre session on Wall Street. At 0753 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 4,780. In local economic news, the Australian Bureau of ...

LinkedIn the fastest-growing tech company... again

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
LinkedIn was by far the fastest-growing tech company over the past 12 months, according to Forbes' list, America's Fastest Growing Tech Companies 2013 With a three-year average sales growth of 102%, LinkedIn beat second-place Facebook (87 %), and third-place ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following sharp losses on Wall Street. At 0748 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 47 points at 4,784. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Australian stock market has opened lower, led by falls among the major miners and big retail banks. The market took its cues from Wall Street, where US stocks slid about half a per cent and falls in key commodities such as oil and gold. Market players ...

ISN calls for electronic auctions to block HFT leakage

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a mixed performance on international markets overnight. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 4,879. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

Banks shift gears on technology spend

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... wealth management side of the business. In 2006, CBA was introducing 1,200 new services and enhancements every month, a figure that has more than doubled, with 3,000 monthly changes in 2012. "Technology is very important to us, we constantly invest on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The Australian share market is set to open significantly lower after heavy falls on Wall Street on Friday night. But encouraging manufacturing data out of China on the weekend could provide a boost for mining stocks. At 0735 AEST on Monday, the June ...

Markets poised on knife-edge: Standard Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
After the recent rally in prices, global equity markets are poised on a knife-edge and need signs of further fundamental or monetary support if the performance is to continue, according to Standard Life Investments head of global strategy Andrew Milligan. ...

Advisers' Twitter usage doubles in 18 months

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Growth in social media usage by Australian financial advisers has far outstripped the growth experienced in the community overall, according to new statistics from Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich). Zurich general manager of life and investments ...