Weekly economic and market update – week ending 1 October, 2021

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Investment markets & key developments Global shares fell over the past week amidst a long worry list including the US debt ceiling, the impact of power shortages and rising bond

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AMP launches national brand campaign 

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AMP has announced the launch of a new national advertising campaign focused on recognising the importance of investing for all Australians. The ‘Investor in all of us’ campaign, which launches

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Why is Australian housing so expensive and what can be done to improve housing affordability?

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Key points The key drivers of poor housing affordability and high household debt levels in Australia have been low rates and poor housing supply. Macro prudential controls to slow home

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Robert Hattersley joins AMP Capital as Chief Investment Officer Real Estate

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AMP Capital has announced the appointment of Robert Hattersley in the newly created role of Chief Investment Officer for its leading Real Estate division. Mr Hattersley has more than 30

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 24 September, 2021

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Investment markets Global shares fell sharply early in the week but then rebounded as fears around China Evergrande receded and the Fed meeting was out of the way. This saw

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AMP Capital appoints Bopha Ly to key energy infrastructure role

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AMP Capital has announced the appointment of Bopha Ly to the key role of Managing Director, Energy for AMP Capital’s Infrastructure Equity business. In this role, Ms Ly will be

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North reduces brokerage fees for clients as it broadens investment choice

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The North wrap platform has announced the reduction of minimum brokerage fee for listed securities for clients from $34 to $18.49[1], effective 18 September 2021. The lower fee applies to

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AMP Capital’s Global Infrastructure Equity team establishes Telecom Infrastructure Partners

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AMP Capital’s Global Infrastructure Equity team has created a new company focused on acquiring and aggregating telecom site leases globally, in partnership with Eric Overman. Telecom Infrastructure Partners (TIP) will

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AMP delivers further super fee reductions for members

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AMP has announced that it will be delivering further fee reductions for superannuation members, driven by its ongoing program to simplify its super business. Effective from 1 October 2021, AMP’s

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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 17 September, 2021

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Investment markets Global shares were mixed over the last week with US and Japanese shares up, European shares flat and Chinese shares down. US shares were helped by stronger than

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