Fed on hold with dovish commentary

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Following the most anticipated and hotly debated Fed meeting in years the Fed has decided to leave interest rates on hold. More importantly, the commentary around the decision was relatively

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Putting recent share market falls in context

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Key points Periods of declines and volatility in share markets are a normal part of the way they work. Share market falls tend to be deepest when associated with recession

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Weekly market update – week ending 11 September, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets have had another volatile week as worries about China and the Fed linger, but most markets saw gains. While

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How serious is the threat from the emering world?

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Key points The relative weakness in emerging market growth, shares and currencies has been developing for several years, looks partly structural & likely has further to run. While it makes

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AMP Capital appoints Carmel Hourigan to head its property business

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AMP Capital yesterday announced Carmel Hourigan as its new Global Head of Property. Ms Hourigan will be responsible for delivering the strategy, growth and investment performance of AMP Capital’s $19 billion

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Weekly market update – week ending 3 September, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While shares managed to remain above recent lows they had a volatile week with most markets falling back over the week

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Weekly market update – week ending 28 August, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets have gone from goodbye to good buy over the last week. The turmoil in global share markets continued into

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AMP Capital and Infrastructure Capital Group to acquire Port Hedland International Airport

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AMP Capital and Infrastructure Capital Group (ICG) have secured approval from Town of Port Hedland Council to take over the 50-year lease of its international airport for $205 million. The

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Weekly market update – week ending 21 August, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The global share market correction continued over the last week as worries intensified regarding emerging countries, their currency rout and the

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AMP appoints new head of Charter and ipac

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AMP has appointed Tim Mitchell-Adams as Managing Director of Charter and ipac, reporting to AMP Group Executive Advice and Banking Rob Caprioli. His appointment is effective immediately and he will

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