The trade war is back – what went wrong, what it means for share markets and what it means for Australia

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Key points The trade war between the US and China has returned after talks to resolve their trade differences broke down. Our base case remains that a deal will be

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Weekly market update – week ending 10 May, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets fell over the last week as US/China trade tensions returned with a vengeance. Australian shares were relatively resilient though

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Weekly market update – week ending 3 May, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly fell over the last week with the Fed indicating no inclination to cut rates, a bit of wariness

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AMP Limited appoints new Chief Financial Officer

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AMP Limited yesterday announced the appointment of John Patrick (JP) Moorhead as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective 1 June 2019. Mr Moorhead will succeed Gordon Lefevre who will retire from

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Weekly market update – week ending 26 April, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were mixed over the last week. US shares hit last year’s highs helped by good earnings news and rising

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5G – Download the Revolution

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With data usage projected to increase over five-fold by 2025, communications infrastructure will require significant enhancement in order to support the data explosion. In AMP Capital’s latest paper on communications

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Working 5 to 9: one in three Australians clock off work and on to their passion

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More than two thirds (67 per cent) of Australians are currently working on a side project as they look to turn their passion into a reality, according to new research

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Weekly market update – week ending 12 April, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets fell slightly over the last week on global growth concerns and renewed US/Europe trade war fears. Australian shares

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AMP Limited announces board changes

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AMP Limited has announced the appointment of Debra Hazelton as a Non-Executive Director to the AMP Limited Board, effective 15 June 2019. AMP also announces that on completion of the

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Weekly market update – week ending 5 April, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets pushed higher over the last week helped by more “green shoots” pointing to improving global growth this year, including

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