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Weekly economic and market update – week ending 30 January, 2026

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments Global shares were mixed over the last week amidst ongoing US tariff threats, fears of a US strike on Iran, some mixed US earnings news

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02 Feb 2026

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 23 January, 2026

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments Global shares fell over the last week on fears of a trade war between the US and Europe over Trump’s desire to get Greenland. While

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27 Jan 2026

AMP Bank re-enters SMSF lending with SuperEdge

From AMP

AMP Bank is re-launching SuperEdge, its residential Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) lending solution, marking the Bank’s return to SMSF property lending for brokers and their customers. With more than

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27 Jan 2026

Blair Vernon appointed as AMP Limited Chief Executive; Alexis George to retire

From AMP

AMP Limited has announced the appointment of Blair Vernon as its new Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) following a thorough internal and external search process conducted by a top tier

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21 Jan 2026

The investment outlook for 2026 – expect a rough but, ultimately, ok ride

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points 2025 was another strong year for investors with shares up strongly on the back of better than feared growth and profits and global central banks cutting rates. Balanced

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20 Jan 2026

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 16 January, 2026

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments Global shares were mixed over the last week. US shares fell slightly with an ongoing rotation out of tech shares and worries about Fed independence.

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19 Jan 2026

‘Quietly worried’: New research exposes stark gender retirement confidence divide

From AMP

New findings from AMP’s Retirement Confidence Pulse reveal a sharp divide in how financially confident Australians feel about life after work, with women significantly more worried and less likely to

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16 Jan 2026

AMP announces strategic evolution of the North Platform to support end-to-end advice

From North

AMP is pleased to announce the next evolution of North with the upcoming launch of North Interactive Wealth Portal, marking the platform’s strategic shift from a product administrator to an

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17 Dec 2025

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 12 December, 2025

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Investment markets and key developments Global shares mostly rose over the last week, as the Fed cuts rates and its commentary was mostly friendly for risk assets. US shares broke

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15 Dec 2025

2025 turned out pretty good, but what about 2026 – still at the bliss point?

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points The key themes for 2025 were: tariff turmoil; global resilience helped by AI enthusiasm; sticky inflation; lower rates; and lots of geopolitical noise. For the third year in

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11 Dec 2025

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