Weekly economic & market update

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Worries about a Greek euro exit and Spanish banks remained the focus for investors over the last week. However, with share markets and related risk assets having fallen sharply over

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28 May 2012

Q&A on Greek euro exit and implications for the world and Australia

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Renewed fear of a disorderly Greek default and exit from the euro has been a major driver of a flight to safety and falls in share markets recently with global

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23 May 2012

Weekly market & economic update

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“Risk off” remained the big theme for the third week in a row as global shares, commodity prices, the euro and the $A fell on the back of worries about

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21 May 2012

AMP Capital invests in South Australian schools

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AMP Capital has obtained South Australian Government approval to acquire the South Australian Schools Public Private Partnership (PPP) project on behalf of a number of its funds and clients, including

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18 May 2012

Oliver’s Insights:Europe, China, US – the worry list for investors is getting wider again

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There was one piece of great news last week. A new Mayan calendar find in Guatemala made no reference to the world ending this year. That’s nice, so I can

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17 May 2012

Weekly economic & market update

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The “risk off” tone in global financial markets continued over the last week following swings to the left in French, Greek and even German (regional) elections and worries that Spain’s

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14 May 2012

Oliver’s Insights: Australian budget – back to surplus, the great fiscal switch

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The 2012-13 Federal Budget is about one thing: returning the budget to surplus on schedule and doing it in a way that minimises the negative impact on the economy and

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09 May 2012

Weekly economic & market update

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The past week was one of “risk off” for global markets as concerns about Europe remain (particularly with French and Greek elections likely to further question Europe’s ability to solve

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07 May 2012

RBA cuts by 50bps

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For some time our view has been that Australian interest rates need to be lower. The Reserve Bank at its last meeting seemed to be finally coming around to this

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02 May 2012

Weekly economic & market update

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Europe is continuing to cause shockwaves in financial markets with increasing resistance to fiscal austerity (with the temporary collapse of the Dutch coalition Government and the Socialist candidate’s victory in

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30 Apr 2012