Weekly market & economic update – week ending 22 August, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets continued to move up over the past week helped by a combination of good economic data in the US,

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AMP lifts adviser education standards and launches customer panel

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AMP has announced it will implement a series of measures across its licensee groups that aim to significantly lift the bar on adviser professionalism and reinforce its existing commitment to

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AFA Supports AMP on Lifting Adviser Standards

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has endorsed measures announced yesterday by AMP relating to professional adviser development, following the release of AMP’s financial results and accompanying statements. AFA CEO Brad

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Weekly market & economic update – week ending 15 August, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets generally moved higher over the last week as some soft economic data highlighted the need for continued easy global

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Why I love dividends and you should too

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Key points Dividends are great for investors as decent dividends augur well for earnings growth, they provide a degree of security in uncertain and volatile times, they are likely to

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Weekly market & economic update – week ending 8 August, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The share market correction continued over the last week with a whole range of issues weighing on confidence including Russian retaliatory

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Leeanne Turner named FEAL Fund Executive of the Year

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Leeanne Turner, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super), has won the 2014 Fund Executive of the Year award as presented by Fund

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The medium term return potential for major assets – still constrained

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 Key points While the global economy is looking better than it has for years, relatively low investment yields from most major asset classes mean the medium term return outlook remains

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Weekly market & economic update – week ending 1 August, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global shares had a poor week with a range of issues reportedly weighing with more sanctions on Russia and worries about

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Weekly market & economic update – week ending July 25, 2014

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 Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets rose on mostly good economic data, continued solid earnings results in the US and an absence of additional bad

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