AMP Capital acquires Sacramento office tower

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AMP Capital Global Direct Property Fund has purchased a CBD office tower in Sacramento, California for US$29.4 million. The Fund has been an active buyer and seller of US real

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Weekly market & economic update: week ending August 2

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Key events of the past week and implications Shares continued to trend higher over the past week helped by dovish central bank comments and good news from the US and

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AMP updates North Guarantee

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AMP has updated the guarantee menu on its North platform, putting in place three new funds under the North Guarantee. The North Guarantee gives customers access to a diverse investment

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Weekly economic and market update: week ending July 26

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While US and Japanese shares consolidated previous week’s gains, European, Asian and Australian shares had solid gains with the latter back decisively above the 5000 level. Flash manufacturing PMIs for

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Investment outlook after a strong financial year

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Key points The past financial year saw returns of over 20% from Australian and global shares drive very strong returns from balanced and growth oriented investment strategies, including from superannuation

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The workplace of the future is all about you

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A new report has found that the workplace of the future will be designed around the individual, that work will be done in the cloud yet workers will have their

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AMP Capital launches new website to educate SMSF investors on property and infrastructure investments

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AMP Capital has launched a new campaign to highlight the benefits of investing in ‘real assets’ such as infrastructure and property in an SMSF portfolio. Some SMSF trustees and their

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Weekly market & economic update

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Key events of the past week and implications It was another volatile and poor week for investment markets with the confirmation that the Fed is on track to start slowing

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Oliver’s insights: crunch time for the Australian economy

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This edition of Oliver’s Insights looks at the impact of the mining boom and interest rates on the Australian economy in 2014 . The key points are as follows: With the fading of the

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Weekly market and economic update

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The volatility in share markets remained over the past week as investors continued to fret about a premature tightening by the Fed putting upwards pressure on bond yields, worries that

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