As Chief Investment Officer, AXA Australia & New Zealand, Mark Dutton is well qualified to provide topical commentary on a number of issues affecting our industry.

Click on the links below to access Mark’s Point of View on the issues that impact you and your clients.

Latest edition

Relief on the way - 5 December 2008
With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cutting official interest rates to 4.25 per cent this week, Mark Dutton looks at the implications for investors.


Previous editions

Our current global credit crisis is not the Great Depression - 20 November 2008
As the global crisis deepens, AXA's Chief Investment Officer, Mark Dutton, examines the relevance of comparisons with the Great Depression and concludes that what we're dealing with now is a vastly different situation.

Global action for volatile markets - 14 October 2008
Over the past few months, we have seen dramatic developments in overseas and Australian share markets, and experienced unusually high volatility. Mark Dutton looks at the underlying issues that contributed to the credit crisis becoming a crisis of confidence.

Looking past the headlines - 18 September 2008
Mark Dutton looks at the recent events in global financial markets and the potential implications for investors.