US political protests, inflation and rising bond yields

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Key points US protests are only an issue for investment markets if they significantly impact economic activity. Global and Australian recovery will boost bond yields and there is good reason

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Weekly market update – week ending 15 January, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets were mixed over the last week with Japanese shares up strongly, but US and European shares down slightly

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Weekly market update – week ending 11 December, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets had a slight pull back over the last week with the absence of a new stimulus deal and

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AMP Limited announces AMP Australia CEO appointment

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AMP has announced the appointment of Scott Hartley as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AMP Australia, effective 11 January 2021. Mr Hartley, who was CEO of Sunsuper from 2014-19, will

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Weekly market update – week ending 4 December, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets mostly pushed higher again over the last week helped by reasonably good economic data, renewed stimulus talk in

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AMP appoints David Atkin as AMP Capital Deputy CEO

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AMP has announced the appointment of David Atkin as Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AMP Capital, effective 7 December 2020. Mr Atkin, previously the CEO of Cbus Super for

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Weekly market update – week ending 27 November 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets pushed higher again over the last week as positive vaccine news helped offset fears about the short-term economic

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Modern Monetary Theory – can it help with economic problems or is it just another Magic Money Tree?

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Key points Modern Monetary Theory reminds us that monetary financing of government spending need not be inflationary if there is spare capacity in the economy. But it suffers from a

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Weekly market update – week ending 20 November, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While the US S&P 500 fell slightly over the last week on the back of rising new coronavirus cases and tightening

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Still The Lucky Country – five reasons why Australian shares are likely to outperform in the year ahead

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Key points Australia continues to perform better in “controlling” coronavirus, it has a stronger economic support policy response, its major trading partners in Asia are in better shape, the drag

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