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T. Rowe Price buys $19.7 bn Indian manager

COMPANY RELEAE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
T. Rowe Price Group has bought a 26 per cent stake in India's fourth largest asset manager, UTI Asset Management, for more than $157 million. The deal, which also includes the UTI Trustee Company, was completed after T. Rowe Price bought a 6.5 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are likely to slump on Friday after equity markets in Europe and the US fell on concerns that the global economic recovery won't be as smooth as investors had been hoping. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share ...

Shadow shop reveals service gap among planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
A secret "shadow shopping" exercise on the services provided by the Industry Funds Financial Planning (IFFP) group found their advisers are not as good as independent financial advisers (IFAs) and bank-aligned planners. The CoreData report, The Industry ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
The Australian share market was lower at noon but had improved from a weak start following sharp falls on Wall Street on China's decision to curb bank lending in January. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 19.1 points, or 0.39 per ...

ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... is what the Dow did over the past two days. The Dow Jones Industrial Index dropped 122 points - the biggest since mid-December - after rallying by 116 points the day before. The Dow closed at a 15-month high on speculation that Republican Scott Brown ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Australian shares are likely to open lower after global equity markets and commodities slumped overnight on concerns that the economic recovery will take longer than hoped to take hold. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
The Australian share market was almost one per cent higher at noon after the world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, beat expectations with a surge in December quarter production volumes. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 42.5 points ...

Japanese history lesson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Better late then never. Belated 20th anniversary greetings to the Japanese stock market! But I sincerely doubt whether Mr. and Mrs. Watanabe will be in the mood for celebrations - the exact same mood they felt during the first anniversary, the second ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
The Australian share market had slipped into negative territory at noon as wary investors took profits from banks and financial stocks ahead of earnings reports by US banking giants. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 32.1 points ...

SMSFs buy more Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
Self-managed super funds are embracing the comeback of Aussie shares with vigour, according to new figures from Multiport. Investments in equity have become the flavour of the quarter to 31 December, with a 10 per cent jump in investments in the sector ...