Weekly economic & market update

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The bad news earlier in the past week threatened to see a return to panic in Europe. Spain’s economy is now bearing down on various regional governments forcing them to

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Corporate Governance 2012 mid year report

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The sustainability of company business models and profit growth can be affected by a wide range of environmental, social and governance issues (ESG). For precisely this reason AMP Capital searches

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Weekly economic & market update

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“Risk on” was the main theme over most of the past week on the back of better than feared earnings news and hopes for more stimulus from the Fed, until

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AMP Capital wins global REIT mandate from China’s social security fund

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AMP Capital has been selected to manage a significant global listed real estate mandate for one of the largest public pension funds in the world, China’s National Council for Social

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Have shares lost their appeal for long term investors?

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While rolling ten year periods occasionally see shares lose to bonds and cash, this is rarely the case over 20year, and has never been the case over 40 year, periods.

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Weekly economic & market outlook

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The past week has seen investment markets continue to trade nervously on ongoing concerns about theglobal growth and earnings outlook. Investors are clearly concerned that global policy makers are not

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AMP Capital secures A$177 million fixed income mandate

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AMP Capital has won an A$177 million fixed income mandate from Advance, a specialist asset management business with BT Financial Group. The mandate will form part of the Advance Australian

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Weekly market & economic update

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Global interest rates cuts but disappointing economic data and the renewal of European concerns dominated financial markets last week. America’s payrolls report for June was soft with only +80,000 new

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Market outlook after a rough financial year

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Unfortunately, the past financial year has been disappointing for investors exposed to shares, with global shares returning -2.1% in local currency terms and Australian shares returning -6.7% as worries about

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Weekly economic & market update

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Euro-zone – back from the abyss. The past week has been dominated by the European Union leaders’ summit, with Germany insisting that centralised controls of budgets and banking be in

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