AMP Capital purchases Melbourne CBD property for Sunsuper

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AMP Capital Investors has purchased a Melbourne CBD office property at 330 Collins Street for $107 million on behalf of Sunsuper, taking the number of properties acquired under its direct

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Weekly market & economic update 28 January 2011

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Headline developments The Australian Government announced that it needs around $5.6bn to help rebuild flood affected areas and that it will source $1.8bn of this from a temporary levy on

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AMP Capital expands Multi Asset Group capability with new hires

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AMP Capital Investors continues to build capability within its Multi Asset Group with the appointment of two senior hires, Debbie Alliston as Head of Portfolio Management and Silvana Lau as

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Why are Australian shares lagging? Will it continue?

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Key points Australian shares have disappointingly underperformed traditional global shares over the last year on the back of monetary tightening, worries about a housing bubble, the strong $A and Chinese

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Weekly market & economic update – 21 January 2011

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Headline developments An acceleration in Chinese economic growth in the December quarter to an estimated annualised pace of around 12% along with ongoing inflation worries have reinforced the case for

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The implications of the floods for Australia

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Key points Like the fires of two years ago the floods have wrought terrible tragedy in terms of loss of life and disruption to people’s lives. Beyond the human suffering

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Corporate governance focus on the power of Proxy Advisers

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The global proxy advisory industry has evolved considerably over the last 25 years, with proxy advisers growing in influence and many are increasingly questioning their mounting power in setting the

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AMP Capital welcomes new Australian equities appointments

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AMP Capital Investors has appointed several equity investment professionals, bringing its Australian Capital Equity team to eight investment professionals focused on the Australian equities market. Joining the team are Jonas

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Weekly market & economic update 07 January 2011

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Headline developments In a move that had been anticipated for some time, China raised one year lending and deposit rates by 0.25% as part of an ongoing effort to keep

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Weekly market & economic update 24 December 2010

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Headline developments of the past week The past week was pretty light on in terms of major news. However, while European debt worries continued amid talk of more ratings downgrades,

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