Asia & emerging countries vulnerability to European debt crisis

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The European debt crisis is still far from resolved and while we see growth in the US avoiding a return to recession, the risk is significant. With fears Europe and

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Oliver’s Insights: Can gold keep going higher?

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Gold is one asset that has come through recent turmoil pretty well. But why is it doing so well? Is it a forewarning of inflation to come, or is it

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Two-strikes rule puts remuneration practices in the spotlight

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More companies are choosing to focus on remuneration practices following the introduction of the controversial ‘two-strikes’ rule allowing shareholders to force a boardroom spill, according to the latest AMP Capital

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Oliver’s Insights: Why yield matters

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The renewed turmoil of the last month or so has provided a reminder that we are in an investment environment of constrained capital growth and increased volatility. This is likely

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AMP Capital wins new infrastructure investment from UK pension fund

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AMP Capital has won a new investment allocation to its European flagship fund, the Strategic Infrastructure Trust of Europe (SITE) from Merseyside Pension Fund, the fifth largest local authority pension

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The sharemarket panic – what happened to the global recovery?

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After the events of the last few weeks it’s easy to be bearish. After plunging nearly 20% from their highs earlier this year to the lows last week, global share

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Weekly economic and market report

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Weekly economic and market report for week commencing 17 July 2011 Headline developments of the past week European debt problems took centre stage yet again over the last week. Until

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Weekly market & economic update

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Headline developments of the past week The past week has seen some good news on the Greek debt front with the Greek Government surviving a parliamentary confidence vote, the EU

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AMP Capital appoints Global Head of Infrastructure

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AMP Capital Investors today announced Scott Davies has been appointed as AMP Capital’s new Global Head of Infrastructure, effective July 2011. This comes after Phil Garling, AMP Capital’s current Global Head

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AMP: Weekly market & economic update

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Headline developments of the past week The European debt crisis is continuing to rumble along with increasing talk of a “soft debt restructuring” for Greece which would involve extending the

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