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Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... Tuesday despite a downbeat survey which showed that private sector business activity across the eurozone shrank at its fastest rate in three and a half years in October. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed up 0.79 per cent at 5,884.9 points ...

Sandy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... in September following a 0.5% lift in the previous month. This is better than expectations for a 0.6% increase and the fastest since February. The details of the report suggest that there may be more where it came from as the pace of growth in personal ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... also is a fact. It got more credence after last night's report of a 5.7% jump in new home sales to 389,000 units - the fastest rate since April 2010 and more than the 385,000 expected. "...strains in global financial markets continue to pose significant ...

NSW and CFS partner in first gov retail annuity bond

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... Government have announced a new arrangement that will see the NSW Waratah Annuity Bond offered on the CFS FirstWrap, one of the fastest growing platforms in the industry. The NSW Waratah Annuity Bond, developed by New South Wales Treasury Corporation ...

China slowdown hits rich list

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... the fortunes of 21% of listed individuals. Vehicle maker and 18 th Party Congress delegate Wei Jianjun (39 th ) was the fastest riser in 2012, seeing his wealth shoot up from US$1bn to US$2.8bn on the back of a domestic listing of vehicle-maker Great ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... all about the good news in China too - the Conference Board's leading index for China increased by 1.7% in August - the fastest in seven months - following a 0.6% rise in the previous month. Of course not. It'll juts get in the way of a good bad narrative. ...

J.P. Morgan buys into online shopping

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has taken a stake in one of South East Asia's fastest growing e-tailer, Lazada. The investment for an undisclosed amount was made via Lazada's controversial German owner, Rocket Internet. Rocket Internet GmbH is an online ...

Sukuk demand to reach US$900bn in five years

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... and to offer Shari'a compliant products," said Ashar Nazim, Ernst & Young's MENA Islamic finance services leader. The fastest growing segment is Ringgit-denominated Sukuk, which accounts for more than two thirds of total global issuance, according to ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... Cheerleading is FT Alphaville with its headline, "Australia's capex cliff," putting it out there that "... the developed world's fastest growing... will fall in to recession next year as the China-driven mining investment boom ends." Followed by: Is ...

We're revolutionising financial planning: Mortgage Choice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... by 2015 to sit along side its 380 countrywide home loan businesses. The mortgage broking group plans to be Australia's fastest growing branded financial planning organisation within the next three years. Michael Russell chief executive of Mortgage Choice ...