Catherine Brenner steps down from AMP Board

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AMP today announces Catherine Brenner has resigned as Chairman and will step down from the Board. Mike Wilkins has been appointed as Executive Chairman, effective immediately. Mr Wilkins will lead

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Weekly market update – week ending 27 April, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares were mixed over the last week – up in Europe, Japan and Australia but down slightly in the US and

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AMP apologises unreservedly and acts to accelerate change

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AMP apologises unreservedly for the misconduct and failures in regulatory disclosures in the advice business. The AMP Limited Board today announces the following actions to accelerate the necessary change within

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Weekly market update – week ending 13 April, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets rebounded over the last week as while volatility remained high not helped by worries about a missile strike on

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Regulatory change and global volatility keeping SMSF investor money on the sidelines

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Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees have growing concerns on the impact of regulation and ongoing global volatility on their retirement plans with a growing number increasing cash reserves, according to

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Winners and losers from real estate tech disruption

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AMP Capital Head of Real Estate Research Luke Dixon investigates options for landlords to disrupt the disrupters in real estate In Sydney on Valentine’s Day 700 bunches of flowers were

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Weekly market update – week ending 6 April, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets had another volatile week – starting down as the US announced details of proposed 25% tariff hikes on $US50bn

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AMP Capital kicks off QQT development with new partner

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AMP Capital has announced it is commencing construction of Quay Quarter Tower following more than five years of planning and obtaining development approvals for the site. Quay Quarter Tower is

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Weekly market update – week ending 29 March, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets had another messy week with an early bounce as investors realised that trade war fears were overstated but concerns

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Share market volatility – Trump and trade war risks

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Key points Worries about the Fed, trade wars (the risk of which has been significantly exaggerated) and President Trump generally have increased the risk around the global outlook but are

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