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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... seven-session winning streak. The Nikkei fell 122.26 points to 17,813.38. Sydney tumbled 1.68 per cent, or 90.0 points, to close at 5,282.7 and Seoul gave up 0.40 per cent, or 8.00 points, to 1,970.95. Shanghai sank 5.43 per cent, or 163.99 points, to ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... Brent North Sea crude for delivery in January rebounded to $US66.38 per barrel, which was still down $US2.69 from Friday's close. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for January shed $US2.33 on the New York Mercantile Exchange to $US65.51. It ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... closing record of 10,087.12 points, and the CAC 40 in Paris climbed 2.25 per cent to 4,419.48 points compared with Thursday's close. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.99 per cent to end the week at 6,742.84 points. The euro fell to $US1.2305 compared ...

Infra committee recommends ISA's inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
Industry Super Australia's inverted bid model for infrastructure project development has moved a step closer to becoming a reality, receiving the endorsement of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications. The ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... its lowest point since August 2012. HONG KONG - Asian markets rallied for a third straight day following another record close on Wall St, as investors cheered an upbeat report on the economy from the US central bank. Tokyo rose 0.94 per cent, or 166.78 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 33.07 points (0.18 per cent) to 17,912.62 on Wednesday for its second straight record close. The S&P 500 gained 7.78 (0.38 per cent) at 2,074.33, also a record, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added 18.66 ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Pension funds around the globe are going to ramp up their risk appetite, take big bets on alternatives, switch from being asset owners to asset managers and transform how they deal with external investment managers, reveals a major survey released by ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after US stocks performed strongly, lifting more than half a per cent, as construction spending data boosted confidence in the economy. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Senate grills ASIC after it blocks 250,000 websites

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will face a Senate grilling after blocking a quarter of a million websites when it was seeking to prevent access to sites associated with investment fraud. A public hearing by the Senate Communications ...

Contango set to launch small cap LIC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... at 1 July of each financial year and will target a high franking component. Applications for the initial public offering close on 22 December.