A NAMING mixup prompted Australia's main stock exchange operator to incorrectly tag one of the country's top internet providers in an unrelated company's takeover announcement, triggering a share selloff and a demand for an explanation.
The mistake builds on a perception that ASX Ltd is accident-prone following a delay-plagued software upgrade that was scrapped after five years and a series of technical glitches which halted share trading, in one case for nearly a day.
