Weekly market & economic update – week ending 21 March, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week has seen worries about Ukraine fade but concerns the Fed will raise rates earlier than expected take centre

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AMP Capital expands global infrastructure debt team

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AMP Capital has made a number of senior appointments to its global infrastructure debt team in London and New York to support business growth. In London, Emma Haight joins the

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Succession planning a key part of good governance

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Shareholders stand to benefit from an increased focus on succession planning for senior management and boards of directors, according to AMP Capital’s Corporate Governance Report for 2013. The report states

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Weekly market & economic update: week ending 7 March, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While tensions regarding Ukraine saw shares dip and safe haven assets like bonds and gold rally early in the week, this

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AMP launches Super product for growing middle market employer segment

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AMP has launched a new corporate superannuation solution for the growing middle market, a segment which now accounts for 25 per cent of Australian workers. AMP SignatureSuper Select will offer

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A comment on Ukraine

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Worries about Ukraine have adversely affected share markets yesterday (US S&P futures -0.8%, ASX 200 -0.5%,). The Ukrainian economy is too small and its problems too specific to have a

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Weekly market & economic update – week ending 28 February, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week It’s been another somewhat mixed week for global and Australian shares as indexes flirt with post GFC highs and the situation

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AMP North hits $10 billion FUA, up from $2 billion in just 3 years

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AMP’s flagship wrap platform North has hit $10 billion in Funds Under Advice (FUA), a five-fold increase since it launched as a full wrap platform with $2 billion in FUA

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The US reinvents itself, yet again!

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Key points The US economy is yet again reinventing itself. This has been helped along by a determination to get the US economy moving again after the global financial crisis

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Weekly market & economic update – week ending 21 February, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global shares had a mixed week as investors digested the 5% or so rebound since early February amidst weather affected US

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